Re: [exim] Return Code & no bounce message

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Author: Cal Evans
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Return Code & no bounce message
Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Cal Evans wrote:
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>> I'm trying to use exim to send (not queue) messages from a process.
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> Last week I had a private discussion with somebody else about this
> requirement. Some ideas were forthcoming and I'm going to think about
> ways of doing it. However, at present, Exim cannot do this job.
>

Thanks for the reply Phillip, that's what I was afraid of.

>> 1: Is there a way to get exim to report the status code returned?
>> (i.e. 550, 450, 554, etc.)
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>
> No. If there is more than one recipient, there may be more than one
> return code - that is one of the problems to think about.

Ahhhh, didn't think about that. My requirement is 1 message, 1 recipient.

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>> 2: Is it possible to tell exim NOT to send a bounce message?
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> No. But you can route all bounce messages to /dev/null, though this is
> not really satisfactory.

Yea, I just didn't want the hassle of having to do that.

Again, thanks. Since my needs are more immediate, I'll keep working on
other avenues. Thanks again for the reply and thanks for Exim.

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