Re: [Exim] return_path

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: David Saez
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] return_path
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, David Saez wrote:

> If return_path is set for a smtp transport and the remote mailer rejects the
> message at smtp time, the resulting bounce is sent to the value set on the
> return_path or to the original envelope sender ?


See documentation of return_path, where it says:

    Note: If a delivery error is detected locally, the bounce message is not
    sent to the value of this option, but to the previously set errors
    address.


The default for errors_address in routers is the original envelope
sender.


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