Re: [EXIM] Deferred mail

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: John Horne
CC: Exim Users List
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Deferred mail
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, John Horne wrote:

> > The error message comes after the 451 smtp code and the address, e.g.
> > 451 <someaddress@???> the message you put after :defer:
> > and is put in the log as "forced defer: the message you put after
> >:defer:". No message is sent back to the user for deferred messages,
> > AFAIK.
> ^^^^^
> Agreed, but the manual at least inmplies that it does since it talks of an
> error message (as opposed to just a log entry).


Well, it sends the error message back to the sending host, and I think
that justifies calling it an error message. Maybe I should say "error
text" so as to avoid the word "message", which suggests a complete email
message.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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