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David Mayo wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am looking at defining a sceneri so that all our users on campus can
> review lists but no-one off-campus can review them.
>
> I'm interested in the following lines in this scenari:
>
>   match ([remote_host],/[conf->host]$/)      smtp,md5,smime  -> do_it
>   match([sender],/[conf->host]$/)            smtp,md5,smime    -> do_it
>
> Can you please confirm:
> - What is the value of conf->host ?
> -- Is it the value of http_host in my robot.conf, in my case
> 'lists.bath.ac.uk'
>   
Yes
> -- Some other value?
>
> If I have assumed correctly, then none of our hosts end in
> .lists.bath.ac.uk so this would never match.
>
> - How is [remote_host] generated?
> -- Is it supposed to be the DNS name of the HTTP client in a web page
> context?
>   
Yes
> -- Is it set to the last mail relay that the email passes through in an
> email context? (I assume not)
>
> I have managed to get a working scenari by using the following instead:
>
>   match([remote_addr],/^138.38./)       smtp,md5,smime    -> do_it
>   match([sender],/.bath.ac.uk$/)        smtp,md5,smime    -> do_it
>
> Which isn't a problem, but if the default intranet scenari doesn't work in
> our situation I wondered if I was doing something wrong.
No every thing you are doing is right, the intranet scenario is provided 
as an exemple but in most cases it needs to be customized. If you change 
the scenario file content, the related processus needs to be restarted 
in order to be loaded in the list configuration.

Regards
Serge Aumont