On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
> > > redirect_special:
> > > driver = redirect
> > > check_local_user
> > > require_file $home/.redirect
> > > condition = ${a hairy condition that reads the file, picks the domain
> > > out of the address, and checks it against +local_domains for not
> > > being local}
> > > data = :fail: Not local, try ${readfile{$home/.redirect}}
> >
> > IIUC, this will generate a bounce, not a delivery-time status code.
>
> No, as long as no_verify isn't set, the router data will be processed as part
> of recipient verification, so the ":fail:" will cause a 550 status code.
> However, for it to work, the exim user must be able to read the .redirect
> file.
Yes, that's right. I think this is the point that you may have
overlooked, Robert. The routers are used at SMTP ACL time when an
address is verified - so they can influence the status code at that
point. In fact, you might like to add verify_only to the above router,
so that it is *not* used when actually deliverying a message.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service
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