Re: [exim] Blocked because of a name

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Author: David Restall - System Administrator
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Blocked because of a name
Hi

> While we are all talking about blocked emails etc. I thought I would post
> this curiosity I discovered a little while ago
>
> Perhaps someone can shed some light .
>
> A relative of mine is called Vera and I gave her an account on my email
> server
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> Her emails were getting blocked by some recipients
>
> I sent an email from my account on the same domain no problem
>
> I set her up as vera@ another domain on the server and still blocked
>
> I now have her set up as vera.surname@domain and that works fine
>
> So I could only deduce that the local part "vera" was causing a problem
>
> Does anyone have any idea why ? (just out of curiosity)


Have you a spam filter that checks for v*ra (Viagra) ?

Regards,




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