On 06 Aug 2001 13:30:30 +0100, Nicholas Blackaby wrote:
> The last sentence appears to suggest that Exim should be
> configured (or at least configurable) not to send warning messages
> to listserv software managers?!! My question was: is this possible to
> do easily with Exim? If so how, please?
Its not just easy - its the default from around exim 3.x or maybe
earlier.
> However, my personal view is that the onus lies with Listserv: surely
> _it_ should be capable of knowing when it has received a particular
> type of message, rather than blaming Exim for sending it in the first
> place! Moreover, since Listserv apparently does not use the
> Precedence header, identifying Listserv messages isn't as simple as
> it ought to be!
You try automatic bounce processing - every MTA uses its own format, so
automatic processing is a complete pain, adding delay messages, which
are superflous in this sitation makes things a *real* pain.
Listserv *should* use precedence - there is no reason not to.
The default exim configuration is:-
delay_warning_condition = \
${if match{$h_precedence:}{(?i)bulk|list|junk}{no}{yes}}
If that doesn't match then you could tweak the expression to
additionally match stuff from the listserv lists.
Or just turn the warning messages off - they aren't that useful.
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-3.30/doc/html/spec_11.html#SEC205
Nigel.
