On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
>
> > > 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."
>
> The reason this is different from v3 is that there are no longer
> directors and routers. In v3, Exim *guesses* that if the end of the
> directors is reached, it's "unknown local part". This is normally true.
> In v4, at the end of the routers, it's no longer a good guess. All Exim
> really knows is that it can't route the address.
>
> > > 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 ?
>
> Exactly.
>
> cant_route:
> driver = redirect
> allow_fail
> data = :fail: Unknown local part
Possible adding domains restriction in there, so that it only does this
for your own domains.
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