For reasons unknown, Exim defaults to freezing undeliverable bounce messages instead of discarding them. It's been that way as long as I can remember.
To fix this behavior, add the following to your config:
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 0s
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Dean Brooks
dean@???
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 09:31:38AM +0200, Cyborg wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> shouldn't a 5xx code end the mail delivery process instead of freezing it ?
>
>
> 2016-03-28 23:07:47 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 ** catarrhal@???
> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mail.enamehandle.top [104.206.92.122]: SMTP
> error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<catarrhal@???>:
> 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
> 2016-03-28 23:07:47 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Frozen (delivery error message)
> 2016-03-29 00:01:05 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 01:08:48 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 02:01:05 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 03:01:05 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 04:05:42 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 05:10:05 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 06:01:05 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 07:01:52 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 08:01:05 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
> 2016-03-29 09:07:46 1akeMA-0006Jk-73 Message is frozen
>
> best regards,
> Marius
>
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