Re: [exim] :fail: & :blackhole: implementation

--On 22 January 2007 15:58:35 +0200 Michael L Griffin <milegrin@???>
wrote:

>
> 1) From my reading on the archives, :blackhole: is only taken into
> account after processing the mail which is a waste of resources. Is
> there a way to blackhole directly after receipt before processing?

Don't do that. If you don't want an email, then use "deny" in an ACL before
the DATA phase. That way, if the sender is a real person, they'll get a
failure notification. If the sender is a spambot, then the spambot will
blackhole the message.

> 2) On my exim3 system, I can fail a message with a custom fail message eg
> : :fail: Sue has left - please speak to Mary
> This would generate a 550 with the specified message. On the Exim4
> system, it generates teh 550 but ignores the message so a generic 550
> is received and the custom message is ignored. How do I get the
> :fail: bounce to include the custom message?
>
> As an aside - would it be possible to change the bounce subject? If so,
> how?

You should NOT be generating bounce messages if you can help it. Usually,
they will go to the innocent owner of a spoofed email address.


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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex