Philip Hazel wrote:
> > depending on the configuration setting
> > "auth_accept_error=yes" and an optional
> > "auth_daemon_name=systemuser@domain" (that defaults to
> > "Mailer-Daemon@$LOCALDOMAIN")?
> -oMas to set authenticated sender
> -oMai to set authenticated id
ok.
>
> (3) I don't understand what auth_accept_error is supposed to do. Why is
> this option needed?
It ist intended to disable the whole new behaviour by default for
backwards compatibiltity.
> (4) I don't like the name auth_daemon_name. After all, NO bounce
> messages are actually sent by the daemon! They are always sent by Exim
> delivery processes. Something like bounce_authenticated_sender describes
> it much better.
"Strike!" No problem.
> (5) The default should be unset (a) for backwards compatibility and (b)
> because not everybody configures their system to accept mail for
> mailer-daemon.
see above. :-) One can combine combine (3) with (5) making the
configuration variable mandatory in out szenario.
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