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Author: michael
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Return code for "there is no valid sender in any header line"?
> Then look at verify.c (the only matching file) and find:
>
>       case FAIL:
>       if (headers_checks_fail)
>         {
>         *errcode = 550;
>         *errmess = (verify_address_parse_error == NULL)?
>           string_sprintf("there is no valid sender in any header line "
>             "(envelope sender is <%.1024s>)", sender_address) :
>           string_sprintf("%s (envelope sender is <%.1024s>)",
>             verify_address_parse_error,
>             sender_address);
>         return FALSE;
>         }

>
> Looks very much like a 550 to me. Is there some kind of proxy in the
> way?


No, there's an admin in the way who sent me a session transcript with an entirely
different error that is clearly temporary and has nothing to do with the actual
problem we are trying to solve.

I guess I am guilty of not trusting the source. It won't happen again anytime soon. ;)

Michael