On 17/10/2024 23:04, Bill Cole via Exim-users wrote:
> On 2024-10-17 at 16:59:54 UTC-0400 (Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:59:54 +0000)
> Ray O'Donnell via Exim-users <ray@???>
> is rumored to have said:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm sure a simple question - where do you configure the address used
>> in the SMTP "MAIL FROM" command when bounce messages are generated?
>
> You do not.
>
>> In my setup, bounce messages are being rejected because the MAIL FROM
>> at SMTP time is empty.
>
> A mail system that rejects "MAIL FROM:<>" is not speaking standard SMTP.
Thanks Bill & Jeremy for your responses - that all makes sense and is clear.
My specific issue is that I'm experimenting with a small setup on AWS
(Lightsail), and all outgoing email has to go via Amazon SES; it is SES
which is rejecting the bounce messages.
I'm wondering therefore if anyone has experience in this particular
situation which they might share (besides the obvious advice of "Don't
put a mail server on Lightsail" :-) ). I can live with sending bounce
emails to a specific local address, rather than back to the original
sender of the email.... will explore that too.
Thanks,
Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell // Galway // Ireland
ray@???
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