Re: [exim] Not local Domain treated as local

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Author: Craig Jackson
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To: 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 Magnus Holmgren
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:50 PM
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [exim] Not local Domain treated as local
>
> On söndagen den 20 april 2008, Craig Jackson wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: exim-users-bounces@???
> > > [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer
> > > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 4:27 PM
> > > To: exim-user
> > > Subject: Re: [exim] Not local Domain treated as local
> > >
> > > On 18/04/2008, Craig Jackson <CJackson@???> wrote:
> > > > This doesn't tell me much.
> > >
> > > You missed the 'with debugging turned on' part.
> >
> > Yes, I turned debugging on and it told me that the
> dnslookup router was
> > not used because there is no DNS for tougalo.edu. So all
> domains that
> > don't have a DNS don't get a bounce at the dnsrouter but
> are passed on
> > to subsequent routers. Is there a way to make Exim bounnce
> at that point
> > so the sender receives a message like "bad domain" rather than an
> > irrelevant message from one of the other router?
>
> On the last !+local_domains router, add
>
>     no_more
>     cannot_route_message = Bad domain

>
> -- 
> Magnus Holmgren        holmgren@???
>                        (No Cc of list mail needed, thanks)


Thanks. I knew about no_more but I guess I didn't know enough. I thought that if a router failed for any reason, then no_more caused a bounce, such as if the router failed for the condition "domain = !+local_domains". Looks like it causes a bounce only if the dns lookup fails.