Re: [Exim] RBL reject messages

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Author: Frank Elsner
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: Frank Elsner, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] RBL reject messages
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:52:23 GMT Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Frank Elsner wrote:
>
> >
> > Running exim-3.10 on Solaris I've found two types of rejection messages
> >
> > 1999-11-30 11:17:38 recipient <...> refused from proxy.cg92.fr [193.106.124.18] (RBL)
> > 1999-11-30 11:17:38 recipients refused from proxy.cg92.fr [193.106.124.18] (RBL
> > relays.mail-abuse.org)
> >
> > Why doesn't the RBL name show up in the first ?
>
> Did those two messages really appear on your log in that order? I would
> have expected them to be the other way round.


Yes, really in that order.

> . The one that says "recipients refused from" is output at the start of
> an SMTP connection, when Exim discovers that the sender is in an RBL,
> and decides to reject all recipients. It does not, however, preserve
> the name of the RBL domain.
>
> . The one that says "recipient <xxx> refused" is output only if
> log_refused_recipients is set (it is not set by default) and it
> happens when a RCPT command gets rejected. This was a later addition
> to Exim as a result of a user request.


log_refused_recipients = yes

Redards,
          Frank Elsner