Re: [exim] orphan bounce

Ted Cooper <eximX0902w@???> writes:

> On 12/01/12 03:15, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>
>> 2012-01-08 05:17:20 1RjkC8-0007uf-24 <= <> R=1RjkC8-0007ue-15 U=Debian-exim P=local S=1732
>>
>> As I understand it, message 1RjkC8-0007ue-15 provoked a bounce, which is
>> fine, but there's no other trace of 1RjkC8-0007ue-15 in the mainlog.
>> How is this possible? If I send invalid mail via exim4 -i ..., that
>> doesn't appear in the mainlog either, but the R field isn't present in
>> the generated bounce:
>>
>> 2012-01-11 18:09:23 1Rl1fi-0006uz-9R <= <> U=Debian-exim P=local S=759
>>
>> What mechanism generated the above log line then?
>
> A new message ID is generated for the bounce message. The contents of
> the message will tell you what the source of the bounce is.

Well, the reason for the bounce is a malformed address, that's indeed
clear from the message. However, if I simulate the problem by passing a
malformed address to exim -i, I get the second log line, without the
R=... part, as expected. What I don't understand is the first log line,
which quotes the message id 1RjkC8-0007ue-15, but that message id has no
other trace in the logs whatsoever. How is this possible?
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Thanks,
Feri.