Re: [Exim] frozen messages - only for my intrest

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Author: robert rotman
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To: Tabor J. Wells
CC: Johan Almqvist, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] frozen messages - only for my intrest


On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Tabor J. Wells wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 10:46:33PM +0200,
> Johan Almqvist <johan-exim@???> is thought to have said:
>
> > On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 04:03:56PM -0400, Tabor J. Wells wrote:
> > > Because the envelope from of the message is "<>" and Exim doesn't generate
> > > a bounce to a null sender (because in cases of legitimate mail a sender of
> > > "<>" denotes an error message being returned to sender or some other mail
> > > from the remote MTA).
> > >
> > > You might want to look into the receiver_verify option to prevent this
> > > mail from ever getting to your queue. When the to recipient address
> > > doesn't exist, the message will be rejected during the SMTP session.
> >
> > Actually, the RFC's say that mail from <> must be accepted. Many MTAs send
> > bounces from that address.
>


Yes, but i want to know why the error-message is not sent to the "From:"
adress - which is valid!
Why ist this message frozen/bounced?

robert