I wouldnt mind having something that made it easier for the
bounce-detector I use with Majordomo to pick out what addresses failed.
I hacked something together which seems able to parse what exim does
now, but it is a terrible hack.. I would be nice if there was something
a little more reliable to parse against. Like for instance an
"X-Failed-Recipients" header or something...
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On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:36:03 +0000
> From: Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham@???>
> To: exim-users@???
> Cc: Philip Hazel <ph10@???>
> Subject: [EXIM] Exim error messages
>
> I have had a few examples of novice users being frightened by the mailed
> error messages sent out by exim.
>
> In particular the section starting "The following address(es) failed:"
> gives too much information, and confuses people.
>
> I am considering changing this so that the message would look like this:-
>
> This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
>
> A message that you sent could not be delivered to all of its recipients.
> The
> following address(es) failed:
>
> address1
> address2
> ...
> addressN
>
> The reason why each address failed can be determined from the following
> information.
>
> address1:
> SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:
> <address1>:
> host xx.xx.xx.xx [xx.xx.xx.xx]:
> 550 <address1>... User unknown
>
> address2:
> etc...
>
> [rest of error message continues unabated...]
>
> or something of this ilk.
>
> Its pretty cosmetic, but do people think this would help??
> Or are there other ways we can make the error messages more friendly
> whilst still containing all the info needed for remote postmasters.
>
>
> Nigel.
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