Re: [exim] Fake Reject vs. Discard

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Author: Marc Perkel
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To: Ted Cooper
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Fake Reject vs. Discard


Ted Cooper wrote:
> Marc Perkel wrote:
>
>> Suppose I set control to fakereject and then later I do a discard on the
>> same message. Is it discarded or fake rejected? It appears from the docs
>> that fakereject only applies if the messages is accepted but just wanted
>> to verify this is so if anyone knows.
>>
>
> Setting fakereject will cause exim to behave just like a normal delivery
> except that the "550-Your message has .." message is returned. If you
> discard all the recipients either individually at RCPT TO:, or all
> together at MAIL FROM: or DATA, then the delivery will not happen and
> all you'll get it a log line. The sender does get the "550-Your message
> .." and not a 220.
>
>
>


What I'm asking is if you do a fakereject in one ACL and then later do a
discard, what will it do? The discard tells it to cleanly eat the
message. The fakereject sats to pretend to bounce it. I was wondering
which command wins.