Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

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Author: Kjetil Torgrim Homme
Date:  
To: Anja Gawlik
CC: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze
On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 20:14 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote:
> I'm afraid I need some help with this, google and the docs couldn't
> help me here. I try to get rid of spam as early as possible in
> smtp-time. I therefore drop all mails with foreign domains right away,
> they are spam anyway:
> (this is debian config)
>
> acl_check_rcpt:
>
>   accept
>     hosts = :

>
>   drop
>      message     = relay not permitted
>      !domains    = +local_domains : +relay_to_domains

>
> But instead of dropping the connection and deleting the remains, exim
> stores all those spammails as "frozen"


don't use drop. it drops the connection, which is very unfriendly.
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regards,
Kjetil T.