Re: [Exim] system filter fail option

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Jim Pazarena
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] system filter fail option
exim@??? said:
> I have a small system filter which examines $header_subject and
> $message_body for some specific SPAM identifiers and if TRUE, fails
> the delivery as shown in the example under 47.2 in TFM.


>     then fail text "spam is not wanted here" endif


> It appears that this creates an email BACK to the originator, rather
> than just FAILing the SMTP session. I've had a FAIL message come back
> to *me* because the 'recipient' was unknown.


You *cannot* cause a test like this to fail in the SMTP session because
the system filter is run at delivery time - not at receipt time. By
the time the filter runs the SMTP session has been completed.

What you want cannot currently be achieved with exim.

[Also, even if you did manage to do that, many sending MTAs do not
react well to being given a negative response at end of DATA, so would
just resend it to you.]

    Nigel.
    Nigel.


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