Re: [exim] [n@@b question] delete email if 550 error

> Peter wrote:
> I mean you can't do it with the current version of SMTP.... there's no
> stage in the protocol after sending the DATA that you can back out of
> the transaction based on the server's response - which is what
> recipient callouts rely on.
>
> So unless you run your backup MX as a transparent proxy (using
> something other than Exim), which defeats the object of having a
> backup MX in the first place, your only real alternative is to make
> the backup into the primary and do the spam filtering there.
>
> I think we've already recommended that a few rounds of email ago....

OK, thank you Peter.

I just thought about an alternative: making a cron of a php script that
will delete the spam rejected files in the spool! I don't know why I
didn't think about it earlier!


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