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Name

ec_get_message_received_via — Return the IP address that the message was received via

Synopsis

ec_get_message_received_via

Description

ec_get_message_received_via returns the IP address of the interface that the message was received on. It returns the address in dot-decimal notation, 192.126.1.20 for example.

In the following script, the IP address returned by ec_get_message_received_via is checked against a specific value and the mail is permanently failed if it does not match.

$ip = ec_get_message_received_via;
if not ec_test :is "${ip}" "127.0.0.1" {
  ec_action 550 "ec_get_message_received_via failed.  Expected 127.0.0.1, got ${ip}";
}
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