[Exim] Re: setting up spamassassin (alternative)

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Author: Alan Chandler
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To: debian-user, exim-users
Subject: [Exim] Re: setting up spamassassin (alternative)
On Friday 18 January 2002 1:04 am, dman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:27:36PM +0000, Alan Chandler wrote:

...
>
> | # This transport does a spam check to look for spam and then re-injects
> | # the message into exim
> |
> | command = spamc | exim -oMr spam_checked -f $sender_address
> | \$LOCAL_PART use_shell = true
>
> Can anyone else comment on the fragility or robustness of this? I
> think Paul's expansion to use "mailer-daemon" instead of the empty


I found that if $sender_address is null (ie a bounce message) then
$LOCAL_PART becomes $sender_address and exim fails for lack of recipients.
The mail goes down a black hole (which is what your want in this situation).
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