On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 sherona@??? wrote:
> The error message I get when trying to deliver the message is :
> " SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
> TO:<tanjas20@???>:
> host gauss.cam.wits.ac.za [146.141.21.250]: 550 Address not known at this site."
>
> The server gauss.cam.wits.ac.za is a valid mail server, but the id tanjas20 does not
> exist on that server which is what is probably causing the message to bounce.
So what happens next? Your Exim should be creating a bounce message.
What happens to that? What is in your log files?
This kind of thing happens when the bounce message is sent off to some
silly MTA that breaks the rules when it can't deliver it, and creates
another bounce (it shouldn't).
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