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Jun 26, 2009, 2:13 AM


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[Bug 857] New: The logic of ACL acl_smtp_rcpt is unintuitive

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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=857
Summary: The logic of ACL acl_smtp_rcpt is unintuitive
Product: Exim
Version: N/A
Platform: Other
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: bug
Priority: low
Component: ACLs
AssignedTo: nigel[at]exim.org
ReportedBy: postmaster[at]st.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
CC: exim-dev[at]exim.org


Hi,

Yesterday, I moved my main acl checks from acl_smtp_rcpt to acl_smtp_connect.
To my great surprise, it turned out that after this change EXIM did not want to
accept emails :-(

The cause is that, since all acls are evaluated as true if they are not
specified (or commented) in the config file, I assumed that it would be the
same for acl_smtp_rcpt. But it's not the case!

This is unintuitive. Even if this logic is documented (in sec 7.1), it's always
better to provide an intuitive and "natural" configuration.

Thanks for this great tool,

Martin


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[Bug 857] New: The logic of ACL acl_smtp_rcpt is unintuitive postmaster at st Jun 26, 2009, 2:13 AM
    Re: [Bug 857] New: The logic of ACL acl_smtp_rcpt is unintuitive ph10 at hermes Jun 27, 2009, 3:19 AM

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