Re: [Exim] why not let users :fail:?

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
New-Topics: [Exim] /var/spool/exim/scan
Subject: Re: [Exim] why not let users :fail:?
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 06:13:13PM -0700, WJCarpenter wrote:
>>> If a user wants to fail a message with a SpamAssassin score of 114
>>> or more, why shouldn't I let them?


> am> One of the reasons might be that it is expensive, because you have
> am> to generate a bounce, which probably will be stuck in your queue
> am> as brozen, because spam's sender addresses usually are not
> am> deliverable. cu andreas


> I would only plan to do it by accepting the performance cost of checking
> during SMTP.


You were planing to remove no_verify from the userforward router? That
will only work if ~/.forward is readable for the exim-user. See
spec.txt 7.3 Router configuration.
              cu andreas