Re: [exim] mua_wrapper issue with bounces

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Brian Candler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] mua_wrapper issue with bounces
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Brian Candler wrote:

> I think there's a bug when a message is submitted with an empty envelope
> sender, but I invite comments:
>
> 1. user submits a message using exim -f"<>" somewhere@???
> 2. exim runs in the foreground, connects to smarthost and sends the message
>    via SMTP
> 3. the smarthost rejects it at RCPT TO time with a 5xx response
> 4. rather than terminate with return code 1, exim returns with exit code 0
>    (as if delivery was successful) but freezes the message in its queue:


That's wrong. Once again you have shown your prowess at finding bugs! :-)

> However, I'm able to work around the problem by setting
>
>     ignore_bounce_errors_after = 0s


That should probably by forced. This is still in time for the 4.53
release. Thanks for the report.

Philip

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