Author: Adam Funk Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Automatically dropping back to "smarthost" when relaying
isrejected?
On Friday 01 July 2005 13:20, Tim Jackson wrote:
> > Is it possible to configure the
> > dnslookup router so that if the host refuses to allow me to route my
> > mail directly, Exim will pass it on to the so-called smarthost and
> > send a warning to postmaster?
>
> This has been requested before, but would be in serious breach of RFCs.
> If a mail is permanently rejected, it's permanently rejected. This
> means you shouldn't retry it automatically.
(sigh) It's been recently said on this list that Exim allows people to
configure it to do things that they shouldn't do and that are annoying to
others, so why not consider a feature request for something that one
theoretically shouldn't do but which is harmless and even beneficial?
