gone_away + receiver_verify?

I have been using receiver_verify together with the gone_away config I
previously sent in (repeated below). Does this make any sense? If
receiver_verify is on, won't it simply fail at RCPT_TO time and the
rest of the gone_away stuff will never be triggered, except for
messages that originate locally?

gone_away_transport:
driver = autoreply;
from = postmaster,
to = ${reply_address},
cc = postmaster,
log = /usr/spool/exim/log/gone-away.log,
once = /usr/spool/exim/db/${local_part}.once
return_message,
subject = "Invalid Account",
text = "${local_part} no longer works at COMSAT.\nPlease remove ${local_part}@${domain} from your mailing-list.\nPlease contact postmaster@??? if you require more information.",
user = exim,
end

gone_away:
fail_verify,
driver = aliasfile,
transport = gone_away_transport;
errors_to = postmaster,
file = /usr/local/lib/exim/gone-away.list,
search_type = lsearch