Howto accept mail from a trusted host ?

[shricon]

Hi there,

I am new to exim and need to configure exim in WHM/Cpanel in such a way it will accept inboud mail from a trusted mailserver (which acts as a filtering preprocessor).

I've added the following line in the first block of the exim advanced editor in WHM

hostlist host_accept_relay = 217.195.231.69 : localhost

Which I think should allow the trusted mailserver (217.195.231.69) to deliver mail to local users without requiring authorisation. But still I get a 550 relaying denied error from exim.

I am using WHM 10.8.0.

Local user accounts are set up and can send mail to any address. Only I can't get any inbound mail.

What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks,

Vivek

 

[nickp666]

remove that from the exim conf

add the ip to the file /etc/alwaysrelay (if it doesnt exist add it)

one IP per line

 

[shricon]

Worked like a charm

Worked like a charm,

Thanks!

 

[shricon]

Jumped to soon

I am affraid I am still having trouble with mail bouncing between the two servers now and giving the following if I try to resend from queue :

Too many "Received" headers - suspected mail loop

Any way I can make exim just accept and deliver the mail if it receives it.

Why is exim trying to deliver it back to the server which is trusted and where it came from ?

 

[jimb]

Too many "Received" headers - suspected mail loop

Any way I can make exim just accept and deliver the mail if it receives it.

Why is exim trying to deliver it back to the server which is trusted and where it came from ?

I'm having this exact problem, and its driving me up the wall. Anyone got any ideas?