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JG's avatar
JG
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May 18, 2014

iRule for SMTP: Passing Client IP Addr to backend mail servers

When SNATs are used for a virtual server, the backend SMTP servers cannot get the client IP address. This irule is intended to replace the string after "EHLO" or "HELO" in mail client initiation with...
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Hamish's avatar
Hamish
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May 18, 2014

Just a thought... But why don't you add a received: header? That way the sending IP is available for anything you want to put in the sequence (e.g. spamassassin etc).

 

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