On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, I. Forbes wrote:
> If I run
>
> "exim -bvs spammer@???"
>
> I get this result as validdomain.com is in fact a valid domain.
>
> "spammer@??? verified"
>
> However if I add "spammer@???" to a lookup file
> listed in "sender_reject", the above address is still verified.
Correct. Verification is just that: it checks whether the address
verifies by routing it. It does not attempt to apply policy controls
that would apply to an incoming message.
> I am using exim 3.12. Is this a bug in exim, or something I have
> missed in the documentation?
A misunderstanding. I'll try to make it clearer in the Exim 4
documentation. But actually, things are much more flexible in Exim 4,
because you can insist on sender verification for some recipients but
not for others, for example.
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