Re[2]: [Exim] Callout verification

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Andy Fletcher
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re[2]: [Exim] Callout verification
On Fri, 7 May 2004, Andy Fletcher wrote:

> If so, what is the likelihood of this changing, by either way
> I suggested or alternatives - there are a lot of broken mailservers
> out there (by design or mistake) which reject a null MAIL TO but which
> you'd rather accept mail from than bounce unconditionally just because
> of this reason.


There is no likelihood of my changing this. Quite apart from views on
what a callout is supposed to achieve, I think the danger of callout
loops is too great. (Sure, you can come up with rules that minimize
this, but it's getting too complicated for comfort.)

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