Re: [exim] Discard spam

On 10/11/17 15:38, Александр Кириллов via Exim-users wrote:
> What does "refuse" mean in terms of exim configuration?

Most commonly, "deny" in an ACL.

> I have the above rule in acl_check_data section of exim.conf and obviously
> it doesn't "refuse" the message during the connection stage. A bounce
> message is generated instead. A typical example from the logs:
>
> 2017-11-09 23:15:02 1eCtE6-0002Q1-6H H=(xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx) [127.0.0.1]
> F=<aiesbmvf@???> rejected after DATA

Which is what you did.

>: Your message scored 18.0
> SpamAssassin point. Report follows:

Though I doubt the following-on report is a good idea, if you sent that
as part of the rejection SMTP message.

> 2017-11-09 23:15:04 1eCtE6-0002Qj-UC <= <> H=(xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx)
> [127.0.0.1] P=smtp S=6592

That's a different message. Not your fault, the fault of whoever
sent it. See the exim message ID.

> 2017-11-09 23:15:05 1eCtE6-0002Qj-UC ** aiesbmvf@???
> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=a1.spambusters.email [185.31.158.19]
> X=TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256 CV=yes: SMTP error from remote
> mail server after RCPT TO:<aiesbmvf@???>: 550 no mailbox by
> that name is currently available

Apparently you tried to forward that second message elsewhere.
Probably a bad move; you shouldn't have accepted it.

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Jeremy