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Author: Bruce Richardson
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To: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Urgent problem: Blanket rejection problem on upgrade to 4.31
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 11:50:56AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 11:40:43AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> >
> >     a)  Exim is now using the original sender address rather than <>
> >     to do callouts
> >     b)  Exim is not distinguishing between a rejection of the MAIL
> >     and RCPT verbs in the context of recipient verification

>
> Erm, of course b) is slightly incorrect. The rejection is happening at
> the RCPT stage, because that's when the callout is happening. The
> problem is entirely point a). Which is a big problem.


Erm, well, b) is actually correct, really. Exim is being rejected at
the MAIL verb, it's just that it only rejects the original sender at the
rcpt stage.

Sorry for the multiple posts but investigating this problem had me in a
panic this morning.

--
Bruce

Hierophant: someone who remembers, when you are on the way down,
everything you did to them on the way up.