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Author: Marc MERLIN
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To: Geraint A Edwards, Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Mmmh, callbacks and smarthosts seem to conflict in exim 4.02
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:13:46AM +0100, Geraint A Edwards wrote:
> Marc MERLIN <marc_news@???> said
>         (on Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 04:40:54PM -0700):
> > I do have smtp.vasoftware.com  as a  smarthost, but it  should
> > not be used during SMTP callback

>
> Think about "why not?" - you may not expect/want to use offsite
> callouts if you're smarthosting. When routing a callout address,


sender callouts through a smarthost are typically useless (if they work at
all) :-)

> A possible solution - which I have not tried yet - is to have an
> early "verify_only" router which points to a transport that does
> NOT do smarthosting. So, when the verification takes place


On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:49:58AM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> > I do have smtp.vasoftware.com as a smarthost, but it should not be used
> > during SMTP callback (although I agree that in real life you don't typically
> > use callbacks or even receive mail if you have a smarthost, so if this
> > doesn't get fixed, it's not the end of the world)
>
> Put no_verify on the smarthost router.


Thanks for both answers. What happened was counter-intuitive, but those
answers help.

Best,
Marc
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