On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Tony Finch wrote:
> > >> A unique identifier which is also written to the log file would be
> > >> helpful.
> > >
> > > That's called the message ID.
> >
> > Hmm, how does the message ID uniquely identify a recipient error
> > message?
>
> Ah, you're talking about pre-data rejections. Perhaps the message-ID
> should be created at MAIL FROM time, so that it can be included in error
> messages.
>
I got the impression that what is being requested is an identifying
error number for each error message that Exim generates. And a document
that allows you to look up the number and find an explanation for the
error. Back in the days when we were running IBM mainframes, the IBM
software used to do this. Great in theory. In practice, the
documentation is either out-of-date, or tells you something bland like
"probable user error". Maybe today, with web pages an wikis it would be
better, as long as enough effort is put into maintaining it. But
maintaining documentation is hard work, and I am an old cynic.
Certainly, *changing* Exim to do this kind of thing would be a really
big job.
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