On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:42:09AM +0100, Nigel Metheringham wrote :
> On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 09:22, Markus Fischer wrote:
> [NB these must be message logs, not main logs]
> > What is catching my attention is the string
> >
> > Received from <>
> >
> > This line is empty. How can this happen?
>
> Its a bounce message - they are always sent with an empty envelope
> sender - see RFC2821.
Thanks; I found the explaination in section 3.7.
So this means, a bounce message is directed to a local user which
does not exist.
Therefore, exim freezes the message. It is informing the postmaster
(me) because it's configured that way "freeze_tell = postmaster".
However, the manual states:
"If freeze_tell is set, Exim generates a warning message whenever it
freezes something, unless the message it is freezing is a bounce
message."
So to me it looks like it's sending a freezing message although the
received message is abounce; which in this case it shouldn't send a
freeze message.
am I still missing something?
thank,
- Markus
