Re: [Exim] callout suggestion

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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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Aan: Dave C.
CC: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] callout suggestion
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Dave C. wrote:

> If exim could be configured with an alternate MAIL FROM address to use,
> if "MAIL FROM: <>" wasnt accepted. (Yes, I know those sites are
> blatantly wrong, but as an ISP we dont want to get too many people
> whining about not getting their mail.


How does this help? You will verify that you can reach the sender with a
non-<> MAIL FROM, but if the message you now accept bounces, Exim will
try to send the bounce with MAIL FROM:<>, so you still get a stuck
bounce, which is what you are trying to avoid in the first place....

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