###################################################################### # ACL CONFIGURATION # # Specifies access control lists for incoming SMTP mail # ###################################################################### begin acl # This access control list is used for every RCPT command in an incoming # SMTP message. The tests are run in order until the address is either # accepted or denied. acl_check_rcpt: # Accept if the source is local SMTP (i.e. not over TCP/IP). We do this by # testing for an empty sending host field. accept hosts = : control = dkim_disable_verify ############################################################################# # The following section of the ACL is concerned with local parts that contain # @ or % or ! or / or | or dots in unusual places. # # The characters other than dots are rarely found in genuine local parts, but # are often tried by people looking to circumvent relaying restrictions. # Therefore, although they are valid in local parts, these rules lock them # out, as a precaution. # # Empty components (two dots in a row) are not valid in RFC 2822, but Exim # allows them because they have been encountered. (Consider local parts # constructed as "firstinitial.secondinitial.familyname" when applied to # someone like me, who has no second initial.) However, a local part starting # with a dot or containing /../ can cause trouble if it is used as part of a # file name (e.g. for a mailing list). This is also true for local parts that # contain slashes. A pipe symbol can also be troublesome if the local part is # incorporated unthinkingly into a shell command line. # # Two different rules are used. The first one is stricter, and is applied to # messages that are addressed to one of the local domains handled by this # host. The line "domains = +local_domains" restricts it to domains that are # defined by the "domainlist local_domains" setting above. The rule blocks # local parts that begin with a dot or contain @ % ! / or |. If you have # local accounts that include these characters, you will have to modify this # rule. deny message = Restricted characters in address domains = +local_domains local_parts = ^[.] : ^.*[@%!/|] # The second rule applies to all other domains, and is less strict. The line # "domains = !+local_domains" restricts it to domains that are NOT defined by # the "domainlist local_domains" setting above. The exclamation mark is a # negating operator. This rule allows your own users to send outgoing # messages to sites that use slashes and vertical bars in their local parts. # It blocks local parts that begin with a dot, slash, or vertical bar, but # allows these characters within the local part. However, the sequence /../ # is barred. The use of @ % and ! is blocked, as before. The motivation here # is to prevent your users (or your users' viruses) from mounting certain # kinds of attack on remote sites. deny message = Restricted characters in address domains = !+local_domains local_parts = ^[./|] : ^.*[@%!] : ^.*/\\.\\./ ############################################################################# # Accept mail to postmaster in any local domain, regardless of the source, # and without verifying the sender. accept local_parts = postmaster domains = +local_domains # Deny unless the sender address can be verified. require verify = sender # Accept if the message comes from one of the hosts for which we are an # outgoing relay. It is assumed that such hosts are most likely to be MUAs, # so we set control=submission to make Exim treat the message as a # submission. It will fix up various errors in the message, for example, the # lack of a Date: header line. If you are actually relaying out out from # MTAs, you may want to disable this. If you are handling both relaying from # MTAs and submissions from MUAs you should probably split them into two # lists, and handle them differently. # Recipient verification is omitted here, because in many cases the clients # are dumb MUAs that don't cope well with SMTP error responses. If you are # actually relaying out from MTAs, you should probably add recipient # verification here. # Note that, by putting this test before any DNS black list checks, you will # always accept from these hosts, even if they end up on a black list. The # assumption is that they are your friends, and if they get onto a black # list, it is a mistake. accept hosts = +relay_from_hosts control = submission control = dkim_disable_verify # Accept if the message arrived over an authenticated connection, from # any host. Again, these messages are usually from MUAs, so recipient # verification is omitted, and submission mode is set. And again, we do this # check before any black list tests. accept authenticated = * control = submission control = dkim_disable_verify # Insist that a HELO/EHLO was accepted. require message = nice hosts say HELO first condition = ${if def:sender_helo_name} # Insist that any other recipient address that we accept is either in one of # our local domains, or is in a domain for which we explicitly allow # relaying. Any other domain is rejected as being unacceptable for relaying. require message = relay not permitted domains = +local_domains : +relay_to_domains # We also require all accepted addresses to be verifiable. This check will # do local part verification for local domains, but only check the domain # for remote domains. The only way to check local parts for the remote # relay domains is to use a callout (add /callout), but please read the # documentation about callouts before doing this. require verify = recipient ############################################################################# # There are no default checks on DNS black lists because the domains that # contain these lists are changing all the time. However, here are two # examples of how you can get Exim to perform a DNS black list lookup at this # point. The first one denies, whereas the second just warns. # # deny message = rejected because $sender_host_address is in a black list at $dnslist_domain\n$dnslist_text # dnslists = black.list.example # # warn dnslists = black.list.example # add_header = X-Warning: $sender_host_address is in a black list at $dnslist_domain # log_message = found in $dnslist_domain ############################################################################# ############################################################################# # This check is commented out because it is recognized that not every # sysadmin will want to do it. If you enable it, the check performs # Client SMTP Authorization (csa) checks on the sending host. These checks # do DNS lookups for SRV records. The CSA proposal is currently (May 2005) # an Internet draft. You can, of course, add additional conditions to this # ACL statement to restrict the CSA checks to certain hosts only. # # require verify = csa ############################################################################# # At this point, the address has passed all the checks that have been # configured, so we accept it unconditionally. accept # This ACL is used after the contents of a message have been received. This # is the ACL in which you can test a message's headers or body, and in # particular, this is where you can invoke external virus or spam scanners. # Some suggested ways of configuring these tests are shown below, commented # out. Without any tests, this ACL accepts all messages. If you want to use # such tests, you must ensure that Exim is compiled with the content-scanning # extension (WITH_CONTENT_SCAN=yes in Local/Makefile). acl_check_data: # Deny if the message contains an overlong line. Per the standards # we should never receive one such via SMTP. # deny message = maximum allowed line length is 998 octets, \ got $max_received_linelength condition = ${if > {$max_received_linelength}{998}} # Deny if the message contains a virus. Before enabling this check, you # must install a virus scanner and set the av_scanner option above. # # deny malware = * # message = This message contains a virus ($malware_name). # Add headers to a message if it is judged to be spam. Before enabling this, # you must install SpamAssassin. You may also need to set the spamd_address # option above. # # warn spam = nobody # add_header = X-Spam_score: $spam_score\n\ # X-Spam_score_int: $spam_score_int\n\ # X-Spam_bar: $spam_bar\n\ # X-Spam_report: $spam_report # Accept the message. accept