Re: [Exim] callout,random

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Giuliano Gavazzi
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] callout,random
On Mon, 12 May 2003, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:

> warn    verify        = sender/callout=30s,random
>        set acl_c7 = ${eval: $acl_c7-1}

>
>
> but I seem to get -1 for users at server that accept any recipient: I
> thought that would mean a failure and skip the rest of the warn.


No. If a server accepts any recipient, callout verifies *succeed*. The
point of the random check is to try to determine that any recipient is
accepted; if this is the case, Exim remembers it, and does not make the
SMTP call next time. It just succeeds regardless.


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