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Author: Giuliano Gavazzi
Date:  
To: Michael F. Sprague
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] cyrus/exim verify recipient options (macosx server)
At 2:30 pm -0500 2005/03/23, Michael F. Sprague wrote:
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> > [note: in this page the recipient verification is done using a
>>
>>  verify         = recipient/callout=random,5s

>>
>> I do not see the reason of the random modifier here, if the author is
>> reading please explain...!]
>>
>>
>> option (a) with corrected paths for mbpath and the lmtp socket (for
>> macosx) is what I've used for half a day until the latest security
>> update broke mbpath... I prefer it to option (b), at least until
>> callouts will not be possible over unix sockets. I am not totally
>> satisfied by either, as mail delivery with cyrus adds a point of
>> failure. What are your experiences with similar setups? Is it
>> reliable compared to exim maildir delivery + courier?
>
>I am using option (b) at one site and it works great. This is on Fedora Core2
>rather than a mac but the principles are the same. In the past I was forced
>to use sendmail but I still did the delivery using LMTP; but that was over a
>socket. However I have not noticed and major difference delivering
>over a local
>port rather than a socket. In short, cyrus has been pretty reliable as a
>delivery agent for me.
>


thanks! But I suppose you do agree on the mistake in that recipe
callout (it should be without the random option)?

Giuliano