When exim attempts to deliver a bounce to a user, and that user is unable
to receive mail for whatever reason (ie the user doesn't exist). A
message is logged "error ignored" meaning that no bounce message is
generated.
However I think the "error ignored" message is misleading, and the text
here should be changed.
Here's an example of one of these messages (with some information changed
to protect the guilty)
1998-08-10 16:06:37 0z5tWv-0001Ia-00 <= <> H=(relay21.mx.aol.com)
[198.81.19.139] P=esmtp S=6406
id=199808101505.LAA10571@???
T="Returned mail: User unknown" for xxx@???
1998-08-10 16:21:33 0z5tWv-0001Ia-00 SMTP error from remote mailer
after RCPT TO: <xxx@???>: host mailhost.yyy.zzz [1.2.3.4]:
550 sorry, recipient does not exist.
1998-08-10 16:21:35 0z5tWv-0001Ia-00 ** xxx@??? R=lookuphost
T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:
<xxx@???>: host mailhost.yyy.zzz [1.2.3.4]:
550 sorry, recipient does not exist.
1998-08-10 16:21:35 0z5tWv-0001Ia-00 xxx@???: error ignored
1998-08-10 16:21:36 0z5tWv-0001Ia-00 Completed
[actually is there any good reason for logging the 2nd entry when it will
be repeated as a ** entry immediately after. Its nice for debug, but
pointless otherwise and my logs are *huge* anyhow]
Nigel.
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