Re: [exim] Rewriting the return path?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Matthew Ford
CC: Exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Rewriting the return path?
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Matthew Ford wrote:

> Thanks -- sorry, I didn't notice this in the documentation! Should I take
> any steps to prevent cyclic forwarding of delivery failures, or does Exim
> somehow detect when a message is being forwarded to a server from which it
> has already bounced?


Exim detects any kind of mail loop by counting the number of Received:
headers, in the traditional way.

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