Re: [exim] Unroutable address

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Author: Dave Evans
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Unroutable address
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 01:33:26PM -0000, James Nunnerley wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've fixed the problem that was causing the emails to fail, but can anyone
> advise me where the lost emails will have gone?
>
> ******** Log file **********
> 2007-11-04 18:23:26 1Iok86-00027m-0y <= <> R=1Iok80-00027W-CS U=exim P=local
> S=4044
> 2007-11-04 18:23:30 1Iok86-00027m-0y => studentnews@??? R=external
> T=remote_smtp H=mailgw2.glos.ac.uk [194.81.184.226]
> 2007-11-04 18:23:30 1Iok86-00027m-0y Completed
> ******** Log file end *********
>
> Would I be correct by saying that a failure message will have been sent back
> to the sender?


Yup. What the logs above show is that when message 1Iok80-00027W-CS failed,
Exim generated a "bounce" message (1Iok86-00027m-0y), and sent it to
studentnews@???, via the host mailgw2.glos.ac.uk [194.81.184.226].

If you're interested (in general) in being able to track messages with greater
precision, consider using the +smtp_confirmation log selector.

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Dave Evans
http://djce.org.uk/
http://djce.org.uk/pgpkey