Michael Scheidell <michael.scheid...@secnap.com> wrote: > put all of your local ip addresses in internal_networks. > you will avoid unnecessary rbl lookups, spf failures and it should set a > ALL_TRUSTED flag also.
Bingo, that's the clue I needed. Thank you very much. Sorry it didn't dawn on me to read the .cf file carefully first. I was fixated on the *rule* firing improperly and trying to figure out how to adjust *it*. Thanks for all the other advice, too, including qmailqueue setups. Sorry I responded to the one direct e-mail before reading the (prior!) very helpful postings on the list. Thank you all very much!