Rejected because 40.107.244.89 is in a black list

[sahsanu]

@arktex54

dnsb1.con is empty

I suppose you mean /etc/exim4/dnsbl.conf

@arktex54

exim4.conf.template
spamassasin = no
#dnslists disabled under “deny”

To disable spamassasin just comment the line (putting yes or no doesn’t matter, exim only checks that the variable is defined):

#SPAMASSASSIN = yes

I don’t know what you did with dnslist but don’t do that.

@arktex54

Now, of course, in paniclog I get the following and it is not sending emails.
spam acl condition: all spamd servers failed

Revert your changes to exim and take a look to this post:

Office 365 users recognized as spam

Exim uses a block list zen.spamhaus.org to fight against spam but spamhaus doesn’t allow public resolvers querying their DNS servers so, seems you are using a public resolver like 1.1.1.1. Options to solve the issue: 1.- I don’t recommended this option. Remove zen.spamhaus.org from /etc/exim4/dnsbl.conf and restart exim systemctl restart exim4 2.- Use your own dns resolver or use one that is not blocked by spamhaus. If you want to test whether your current dns resolver will work, execute th…