Exim and backup relays

[Ian Spray]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 05:14:02PM +0100, Longman wrote:
> 
> I added domains to local_rcpt_callout though they don't seem to be
> honoured, despite a restart. I tried sending a file using telnet from a
> remote system to one of my backup MX and typed a nonsense email
> recipient but it still accepted delivery and didn't perform a callout.
> nothing in /var/log/mainlog of use either.  Arghh! Will play some more
> tomorrow. :-)
>
Hmm, that sucks.  Is there something more Debian related that you need 
to do other than populate that file ?  Is there a config entry with a 
y/n option that needs to be set and then a config script run before 
HUPing exim ?

It's fairly obvious when it does kick in as you get lines like this in 
your log file:

2009-06-11 12:06:54 H=(JQYFJONXI) [124.43.49.42] 
F=<ripping961 at stevens-tech.edu> rejected RCPT <joelle at remotedomain.com>: 
Previous (cached) callout verification failure

I can understand leaving it for now: a quick Google doesn't help much 
and it does feel more like a local setup issue than an exim one.

Feel free to email me directly if you want to share unobfuscated 
configs, etc.

TTFN,
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Ian Spray
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