Re: [Exim] reject log information

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Author: Glenn Carver
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] reject log information
Thanks Philip! And thanks for your excellent support for exim. I'm
not a mail guru by any means (supposed to be doing research but
manage our mailserver at the same time), so your patience with the
smaller problems is greatly appreciated.

Glenn


At 2:23pm +0100 31/7/02, Philip Hazel wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Glenn Carver wrote:
>
>> If I reject a message using an acl_smtp_rcpt, then the log includes
>> the host,mailfrom & rcptto info. If I reject a message using an
>> acl_smtp_data, then I get this but also all the headers. Presumably
>> this is because at the acl_smtp_data stage Exim has all the headers
>> and decides to write them out.
>
>Yes. It seemed like useful information.
>
>> I was just wondering if I can turn
>> this off? (I'm just being fussy, I can live with it. Just trying to
>> cut down on my logfile size).
>
>Noted for the wish list.
>
>> One other small question. In reporting the F=<user@???>
>> address in the mainlog, what variable should I use in the exim-filter
>> to get the same address? I'm afraid I get confused over the
>> differences between $sender_address, $return_path etc and I'd like to
>> get my logging consistent.
>
>$sender_address is the envelope sender on the incoming message, so
>that's what you want. $return_path is by default the same, but if you've
>used errors_to on any router, thereafter $return_path will be different
>- i.e. it is the _outgoing_ sender address. In fact, I don't think
>$return_path is actually set during message reception.
>
>
>--
>Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
>ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.

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