Re: [Exim] Sender callout verification issues

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Author: Giuliano Gavazzi
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To: Andreas Metzler, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Sender callout verification issues
At 10:55 +0100 2003/11/05, Andreas Metzler wrote:
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>There is a reason why callback stuff uses <> as sender - otherwise you
>will get loops if both systems use callback:
>
>a.example ---sends mail from foo@??? to --> bar@???
>b.example makes callback to a.example with from bar@??? to
>           verify foo@???
>a.example in turn makes a callback to b.example to answer the
>           callback.
>etc.

>


the etc. actually stops there as b.example will have cached the
result, unless, of course, the sender is changed at every call (very
clever indeed..). But I agree, the sender has to be <> and the
example above just shown how silly is not to accept null senders!

Giuliano