Re: [exim] Odd delivery failure msg

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Odd delivery failure msg
Hello John,

John Horne <john.horne@???> (Sa 26 Sep 2009 22:39:37 CEST):
> Hello,
>
> Received this a couple of times in our mailhub logs today:
>
>    2009-09-26 04:00:10 1MrNW6-0006xp-K0 failed to
>    open //your.greetingwiz.com/E-Greetings.exe"@saturne.pearl-online.com
>    when checking
> ""google.comhttp://your.greetingwiz.com/E-Greetings.exe"@saturne.pearl-online.com":
>    No such file or directory


Do you try to open some files (for lookups/searches) based on
$local_part, $domain, $sender_address* in your ACL checks?

> Look's like exim is trying to 'open' the local part? There is nothing in
> the mail queue, nor any other reference to the exim message id in the
> logs. The dumped SpamAssassin scanned file shows (part of) the headers:
>
>    Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:00:07 +0200
>    Message-Id: <200909260300.n8Q307v4009869@???>
>    From:
> "google.comhttp://your.greetingwiz.com/E-Greetings.exe"@saturne.pearl-online.com
>    To: ...
>    Subject: Hey,    you   have   a new Greeting !!!
>    Content-Type: text/html


This does not have to be the RCPT/MAIL addresses that where used.

> Our config does do checks on the From: header, but always uses the
> '${domain' and '${local_part' functions to get the correct part of the
> address. There is a 'verify = header_syntax' statement in the config,
> perhaps that is causing the error?


This should not try to open anything.

    Best regards from Dresden/Germany
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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