Ken Olum wrote:
> From: Kirill Miazine <km-lists@???>
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:35:40 +0200
>
> Ken Olum wrote:
> > Should a message included with :fail: in an alias file be returned to
> > an SMTP client? All I get is "550 unknown user".
>
> Depends a bit on your ACL settings. My guess is that you have an ACL
> condition that looks like this:
>
> accept domains = +local_domains
> endpass
> message = unknown user
> verify = recipient
>
> If you remove the "message" modifier, you will get the text after
> ":fail:" instead for aliases that should :fail:.
>
> Yes, that's it. Thanks. I think I just got the code above from the
> default configuration. Unfortunately, if I remove the message, then
> when the user is really unknown, it gives "Unrouteable address", which
> I think is confusing. I guess I can cure it by
>
> message = ${if eq{$acl_verify_message}{Unrouteable address} {unknown user} {$acl_verify_message}}
>
> I think it would be nice if the default message were "Unknown user" in
> this context, so that the default configuration could not have the
> "message" line. Failing that it would at least be nice if the
> documentation for the redirect router would explain that you should
> change your ACL setting if you want the message to take effect.
I intentionally did not mention that you would get "Unrouteable
address". This was supposed to force you do actually read a bit of the
documentation. To no luck. :/
What you are looking for is called a generic router option named
"cannot_route_message".
Hope this helps.
--
Kirill Miazine, Stud.Jur.
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
