[Techtalk] eximconfig rejecting my mailing list posts

[Elwing]

Conor,

what I do is check the HELO/EHLO, exim will take the "real" IP/host and
compare it. (I also let in any of my internal network, all of whom use
the mail server as a smarthost)
(in my exim configure)

acl_check_helo:

#   accept authenticated = *
   accept hosts = ::::1 : 192.168.0.0/24

   deny message = HELO/EHLO with my IP address.  You are not me.
   log_message = HELO/EHLO my.ip
   condition = ${if match {$sender_helo_name}{<My IP>} {yes}{no}}

   deny message = HELO/EHLO with my domain name. You are not me.
   log_message = HELO/EHLO my.domain
   condition = ${if match {$sender_helo_name}{<my domain>} {yes}{no}}



Conor Daly wrote:
> Urk!  I'm running exim-4.44 with eximconfig-2.1 filtering incoming mail on
> my internet facing SMTP server.  I've suddenly noticed that my posts to
> mailing lists are getting rejected by my mail server with 
> 
> 	"Sender <...> is attempting to use forged local or relay header
> 	From: address <...>"
> 
> Now, this is because mail sent by me to a mailing list is returned to me
> with my own address as the From: address.  This check exists within
> eximconfig to reject spam claiming to be from me coming in on the external
> interface.  Is there any way to stop the rejections for the genuine
> messages while still rejecting the spoofed ones?.  
> 
> This server is _not_ my outgoing server (at least not yet), I use postfix
> internally and my ISP's SMTP server as smart-host. 
> 
> For instance, I won't get a copy of this message 'cos it'll get rejected
> by my SMTP server.  Which also explains my triple post on the topic "sun
> hardware"!  I'll get your replies though...
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Conor