From 0154e85a4031b840fc35109a84ff32f55c802d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Finch <dot@dot.at>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:02:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] A tweak to change PH/13, so that verify=helo never defers
 (as in 4.52).

---
 doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 7 ++++++-
 src/src/acl.c         | 8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 390f04d23..03be2f063 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.238 2005/09/19 18:00:47 fanf2 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.239 2005/09/22 12:02:21 fanf2 Exp $
 
 Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ TF/07 Exim produced the error message "an SRV record indicated no SMTP
       service" if it encountered an MX record with an empty target hostname.
       The message is now "an MX or SRV record indicated no SMTP service".
 
+TF/08 Change PH/13 introduced the possibility that verify=helo may defer,
+      if the DNS of the sending site is misconfigured. This is quite a
+      common situation. This change restores the behaviour of treating a
+      helo verification defer as a failure.
+
 
 Exim version 4.52
 -----------------
diff --git a/src/src/acl.c b/src/src/acl.c
index b582df7ea..c06707ec6 100644
--- a/src/src/acl.c
+++ b/src/src/acl.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/acl.c,v 1.48 2005/09/13 18:06:30 fanf2 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/acl.c,v 1.49 2005/09/22 12:02:22 fanf2 Exp $ */
 
 /*************************************************
 *     Exim - an Internet mail transport agent    *
@@ -1391,10 +1391,8 @@ occurred earlier. If not, we can attempt the verification now. */
 if (strcmpic(ss, US"helo") == 0)
   {
   if (slash != NULL) goto NO_OPTIONS;
-  if (helo_verified) return OK;
-  if (helo_verify_failed) return FAIL;
-  if (smtp_verify_helo()) return helo_verified? OK : FAIL;
-  return DEFER;
+  if (!helo_verified && !helo_verify_failed) smtp_verify_helo();
+  return helo_verified? OK : FAIL;
   }
 
 /* Do Client SMTP Authorization checks in a separate function, and turn the
-- 
2.25.1