[exim] Strange Sender Verification behaviour

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Author: Renaud Allard
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Strange Sender Verification behaviour
Hello,

I am now using exim 4.60, and I noticed something quite strange to me in
the logs when doing sender verification. Here is the relevant log line:

2006-02-09 11:38:28 H=c-24-63-184-85.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.63.184.85]
sender verify fail for <yyrutebjkuwpbh@???>: response to
"MAIL FROM:<>" from calligate2.cali.co.uk [62.172.47.141] was: 550
5.1.1 <mail.llorien.org-1139481506-testing@???> is not a
valid mailbox

However, how could the server possibly have answered "not a valid
mailbox" at "MAIL FROM: <>" step?

If I do it by hand, I just get:
telnet calligate2.cali.co.uk 25
Trying 62.172.47.141...
Connected to calligate2.cali.co.uk.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 digest2.cali.co.uk ESMTP server ready (Alligate v1.5.11.16-267.1-1.23)
helo mail.llorien.org
250 digest2.cali.co.uk
mail from: <>
250 OK
rcpt to: <mail.llorien.org-1139481506-testing@???>
550 5.1.1 <mail.llorien.org-1139481506-testing@???> is
not a valid mailbox

Which seems ok. However Exim logged it from "MAIL FROM:" step.