On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:38:51AM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Ollie Cook wrote:
>
> The remote user knows only the address localpart@???
> and one shouldn't really expose the inner workings of the routing
> externally. That's why the message sent to the remote hosts includes the
> original address and not anything that it's been converted into.
Yeah I see that logic.
The assumption about 'local_parts' might have thrown remote site
admins, though.
> > So, it would seem from an operational point of view, Exim is doing what
> > I think it ought to be doing - it's just that the error message threw
> > me a bit.
>
> You know too much! :-)
;-)
> > Philip, would it be simple to fix-up the 550 message that Exim returns,
> > in this situation, or shall I just wait for Exim 4 and modify the code
> > to just say "No such user here" in the interim?
>
> Wait for Exim 4. And consider how much internal information you do want
> to expose.
I've just patched it so it doesn't confuse [me]. Here it is for completeness'
sake, and in case anyone needs it in the future. It's not the most exciting
of patches though! :)
--- src/smtp_in.c.orig Thu Oct 18 13:08:44 2001
+++ src/smtp_in.c Thu Oct 18 13:06:07 2001
@@ -3076,8 +3076,9 @@
{
char *at = strrchr(orig_receiver, '@');
if (at == NULL) at = orig_receiver + (int)strlen(orig_receiver);
- s = string_sprintf("550 Unknown local part %.*s in <%s>",
- at - orig_receiver, orig_receiver, orig_receiver);
+ /* s = string_sprintf("550 Unknown local part %.*s in <%s>",
+ at - orig_receiver, orig_receiver, orig_receiver); */
+ s = string_sprintf("550 Unknown recipient %s", orig_receiver);
}
else s = string_sprintf("550 Cannot route to <%s>", orig_receiver);
Cheers,
Ollie
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Oliver Cook Systems Administrator, ClaraNET
ollie@??? 020 7903 3065
