Re: [Exim] unrouteable vs unknown local-part

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jim Pazarena wrote:

> On v4 if a local part *is* a valid user and therefore passes the ACL,
> but later fails to be accepted by a router because all routers
> have local parts lists, and this particular user isn't on a list,
> the message gets bounced as "unrouteable".
>
> previously (v3) the email would be bounced as
> 'unknown local-part "xxxxx" in domain "xxxxxx"
>
> The spec makes this clear (spec 3.8 last paragraph) "If an address
> reaches the end of the routers without having been accepted by any
> of them, it is bounced as unrouteable."
>
> So v4 is acting as designed. However. I would like the option of having
> the end of router list bounce as unknown local-part as v3 did. Is
> this possible?

just talking into the wild, as i haven't yet come to touch v4, what
about adding a final router that just :fail:s ?


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