Re: Exim won't take no (550) for an answer?

John Henders wrote:
>
> I thought 550 was supposed to be a definitive rejection, but it seems
> even exim will continue to try to deliver mail when encountering it.
>
> 1997-05-15 20:56:56 SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:
> <jhenders@???>: host wu.bogon.com [207.6.172.33]: 550 rejected:
> administrative prohibition
>

Yes, it does. The other day I got a:

550 rejected: user unknown

Exim send me a nice bounce message with a lot of information about the
delivery failure. Maybe the "administrative prohibition" string is
confusing it.

Regards,
Friso Kuipers.