Re: [EXIM] Fw: Error in batched SMTP input

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Moritz Both
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Fw: Error in batched SMTP input
On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Moritz Both wrote:

> Another issue with -bS - reading batched SMTP messages:
>
> When 'sender_verify' is on, exim seems to try to verify senders of messages
> in BSMTP input. When the sender cannot be verified, it says 'try again
> later'. It seems unlikely that the BSMTP input will understand that,
> instead, the message will probably be lost.
>
> The docs say that receiver verification is not done which is good, it seems
> to me that the same should be valid for sender verification.


That would be easy to do, as it involved crossing out a few lines of
code. Do other people think this is a good idea? I cannot now remember
why I implemented it that way. If some people want the check and others
don't I suppose there could be Yet Another Option.


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