Re: [Exim] smtp_return_error_details

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Marc Langer
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] smtp_return_error_details
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Marc Langer wrote:

> does smtp_return_error_details only take effect when using
> address verification callouts? When using :fail: in an aliasfile, I'd like
> to return the message given after :fail: instead of a simply
> "550 unknown user", but setting smtp_return_error_details did not help :-(


This area has got horribly involved and complicated. One of these days I
should re-design all of it so that it is clearer. However, the answer to
the question is "no". It applies in a number of cases.

However, as far as :fail: goes, there is a different solution - as
another poster has pointed out.


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