Re: [Exim] Callbacks and bounces (exim v3)

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Alan J. Flavell
CC: Exim users list
Subject: Re: [Exim] Callbacks and bounces (exim v3)
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Alan J. Flavell wrote:

> I'm confused about the interaction of callbacks with bounces that are
> directed to us.
>
> Yesterday it appears to me that aol.com were trying to send bounces
> to us, but we were refusing them on the grounds that there was no
> valid sender in the header lines.
>
> We had callbacks enabled for aol.com, and I find if I try manually
> reproducing the effect of a callback to them I get
>
> ...
> rcpt to:<MAILER-DAEMON@???>
> 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND
>
> Any comments to help me understand what's going on, please? Should
> exim be verifying the sender of bounces via callback? Ought the other
> partner to refuse such a callback?


Exim 3, yes?

In Exim 3, turning on callbacks turns them on for all verifications. In
Exim 4 you can control this separately.

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