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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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------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. 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 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.exim.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-dev Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
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