Re: [exim] Not local Domain treated as local

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Author: Craig Jackson
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To: Jan-Piet Mens
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Not local Domain treated as local


> -----Original Message-----
> From: exim-users-bounces@???
> [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Jan-Piet Mens
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:15 AM
> To: Craig Jackson
> Cc: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [exim] Not local Domain treated as local
>
> On Wed Apr 16 2008 at 19:26:10 CEST, Craig Jackson wrote:
>
> > I checked nslookup for tougalo.edu and there's no DNS for
> this domain.
> > So wouldn't processing stop and a bounce be generated after the
> > dnslookup router, rather than processing continuing all the
> way through
> > to the last router
>
> Why should processing stop? That is the whole point of routers; if
> dnslookup doesn't find it, processing continues at the next
> router until
> the list of routers is exhausted.
>
>         -JP

>
>


Processing should stop and the bounce should indicate to the sender what
the problem really is. When the sender sees "unable to relay" he is
confused. If the sender saw something like "Unable to contact domain" it
might make a little more sense.