Re: [Exim] Sender verify callout on commandline

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Jez Hancock
CC: Exim Users List
Subject: Re: [Exim] Sender verify callout on commandline
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Jez Hancock wrote:

> exim -bvs local_part@domain
>
> but for some reason verification always succeeds regardless of whether
> the local_part is valid on domain. Is -bvs the correct switch to use
> for this?


Yes. But the checking of local parts depends on the domain.

> After running 'exim -d -bvs local_part@domain' it seems that exim is
> only checking to see if 'domain' exists and if so the verification
> succeeds. What am I missing here?


If it's a remote domain, that is all that will happen for -bvs, which
just runs the routers in verify mode. If you want to check local parts,
you have to use the "callout" options in ACLs. There isn't a simple
command-line option for doing that kind of check. Maybe there should
be...


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