Re: [exim] Dropping Mail

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Author: pyh
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To: Q Beukes
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Dropping Mail
Can you tell me what these two lines mean?

allow_fail
allow_defer

thx.

> Hey,
>
> I want to be able to drop mail to certain e-mail accounts. How would I
> do this?
>
> Basically I want to have a mysql table with a list of e-mail addresses,
> then if exim receives an email with for of these e-mail addresses, it
> should ignore/bounce it.
>
> What I have at the moment is a dump email address where I simply forward
> the mail, but it would be much more preferable bounce it.
>
> mysql_spam_addr:
>   driver = redirect
>   allow_fail
>   allow_defer
>   data = ${lookup mysql \
>                { SELECT 'drop@???' FROM spam_addr WHERE
> email='${local_part}@${domain}' } \
>        }

>
> Thx Alot
> Quintin
>
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