On 11-Nov-99 at 11:14:23 Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, robert rotman wrote:
>> as i read in the docs the "errors_to" redirect the error message.
>> how can i set an option that sends an "additional errors_to" (eg.
>> do the adminioistrator and the sender)?
>
> Setting "errors_to" redirects the error message *for any future errors*
> on the associated address. Such errors need not be detected by Exim at
> this time - the message may get sent off to other hosts before an error
> is detected. Only a single "errors address" can be sent with a message
> over SMTP. So you can't set up anything to do what you want.
>
It may be worth making the point that delivery confirmations are (?) sent as
"error messages" as well. Setting the 'errors_to' caused them to go awry.
In our case back to the postmaster :-) I can't remember exactly what the
RFC's and latest updates say regarding this, but as far as I recall this was
the correct action. The error was on my part in setting 'errors_to' and
mis-reading the manual! :-)
John.
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