I HAVE set reciever_verify, and it still does it. Observe:
(note, I have no user on this machine called garbage)
[root@shortcircuit /root]# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 shortcircuit.dyndns.org ESMTP Exim 3.31 #2 Fri, 17 Aug 2001
08:46:00 -0600
ehlo localhost
250-shortcircuit.dyndns.org Hello localhost [127.0.0.1]
250-SIZE
250-PIPELINING
250 HELP
mail from: <dan@???>
250 <dan@???> is syntactically correct
rcpt to: <garbage@???>
250 <garbage@???> verified
Next Idea?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Hazel" <ph10@???>
To: "Dan Egli" <eglidan@???>
Cc: "Phil Pennock" <Phil.Pennock@???>; "Exim Users"
<exim-users@???>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Exim] errors_copy
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Dan Egli wrote:
>
> > RCPT TO: <garbage@???
> > 250 <garbage@???> is syntactically correct
>
> > This mail should have been rejected since there is no garbage user!
>
> Only if you have set receiver_verify in the configuration.
>
> > Then a couple of seconds later, that machine opens up a new smtp
connection
> > to my box to deliver a failure notification.
>
> Correct behaviour, when receiver_verify is false.
>
> --
> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
>