Re: [exim] ACL blocks bounces

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Author: Ian Eiloart
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To: Jan Groenewald, exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] ACL blocks bounces


--On 15 April 2010 09:32:00 +0200 Jan Groenewald <jan@???> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 04:26:25PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 16:00 +0200, Jan Groenewald wrote:
>> > For local users, however, the bounce also hits the ACL block,
>> > so they get no notification that their message was not delivered :(
>> > I have tried adding both of
>> >
>> >    !senders = Mailer-Daemon@???

>>
>> Bounces don't have that as a sender. Bounces have an _empty_ sender. Try
>>     !senders = :

>
> Thanks, that works.
>


If you're going to block messages with no sender, then you should do this
in the DATA ACL, otherwise you'll be unable to deliver email to sites that
use sender verification callouts.

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Ian Eiloart
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