Re: [exim] Yahoo's Right Truncated Exim Error Message

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Author: exim-users
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Subject: Re: [exim] Yahoo's Right Truncated Exim Error Message
On 23/11/11 14:15, Always Learning wrote:

> I noticed today that if Exim produces a 550 message consisting of a long
> message (separated by \) or three lines, for example, (separated by \n
> \) Yahoo always gives only the last portion of the 550 message to its
> email users. This inevitably means, on occasions, the sender may not
> understand why their email was refused.
>
> Is this practise of truncated rejection messages widespread ?


Yes, it is. You should never rely on the sender being able to see the
rejection message that you supplied.

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