On 11/02/07, Stefan Klatt <stefan.klatt@???> wrote:
> Hi folk,
>
> at the moment i use exim 4.63 (the best mta i ever saw!) and i have two
> questions about the .forward file:
>
> Is there an size limit for exim 4.63 and 4.66?
No. Well, no Exim-imposed limit. Your OS probably has file size limitations.
>
> If i have an error at the .forward file exim sends thousand and more
> error emails that there is an error and after a while exim stores the
> emails at the standard inbox of the user.
> Is there a way to send only one error email (probably one for each email
> the user gets) to the user and stop forwarding for this user until the
> error is fixed?
The documentation for syntax_errors_to mentions ths problem
specifically. It shows the correct way to avoid this - the address to
send errors to must avoid looping back to the same router again,
causing an error loop.
It suggests this:
sytnax_errors_to: real-$local_part@$domain
and a new router before the redirect router:
real_localuser:
driver = accept
check_local_user
local_part_prefix = real-
transport = local_delivery
> Is the option skip_syntax_errors the key for this behavior?
It will stop the behaviour, but also stop the error functionality working.
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.66/doc/html/spec_html/ch22.html#id2660112
Peter
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