Re: [exim] Bad addresses in forwards

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Bad addresses in forwards
On 08/01/16 16:28, Patrick von der Hagen wrote:
> On 08.01.2016 16:07, Jeremy Harris wrote:
>> On 08/01/16 14:37, Robert Blayzor wrote:
>>> Is there a way/best practice to verify the forwarding address before accepting the message being delivered? This would allow us to reject it at SMTP time rather than letting thousands of messages queue up for delivery and then ultimately bounce.
>>
>> recipient verify callout
> I certainly agree that recipient verification via callout is a must.
> However, since there are still issues like "you accept the content, the
> address you are forwarding to rejects it, so you have to send bounces
> and get a bad reputation", I'd try to do some more.


Cutthrough routing.
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Jeremy