Bug#598555: exim4: local_sender_blacklist no longer works

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2010-10-03 Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org> wrote:
> On 2010-09-30 Mark Hedges <hedges at scriptdolphin.com> wrote:
> > Package: exim4
> > Version: 4.69-9
> > Severity: normal


> > It seems like local_sender_blacklist has stopped working.
> > For testing, I typed one address into /etc/exim4/local_sender_blacklist
> > for an account on another server, and restarted exim4.  It does
> > not block the mail.
> [...]

> How exactly did you test this?

That was a little bit short. To be less cryptic I suspect you
tested from localhost.

local_sender_blacklist only applies to stuff that is not accepted
because it is either
* sent from +relay_from_hosts (which includes 127.0.0.1 and ::::1)

* or submitted by an authenticated user (SMTP AUTH).

cu andreas