Re: [exim-dev] EXPN and :fail:

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Author: Philip Hazel
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Subject: Re: [exim-dev] EXPN and :fail:
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Adam M. Costello wrote:

> In exim4 (4.34) I observe that when I set a custom error message using
> :fail: in /etc/aliases (or using the fail command in an exim filter),
> I see the custom message in the result of a VRFY command, and in the
> result of a RCPT command (if the relevant ACL doesn't override the
> message, or incorporates $acl_verify_message into its override) but I
> don't see it in the result of an EXPN command, and it looks like there's
> currently no way of configuring EXPN to show it. Is that by design?


Probably by accident. My natural instinct is to think that nobody
permits the use of EXPN any more, so it is not in my consciousness.

> For comparison, I observe that exim3 (3.35) shows the :fail: message for
> all three commands,


Thanks for pointing out this anomaly. I'll check them all out in the
current source code, and fix the problem, as it seems reasonable that
EXPN should show the error. Unless I find some buried comment in the
code which explains why a change was made. If so, I'll document it.

This may or may not happen before the 4.50 release, as I'm about to be
away.

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