On 8/9/05, Tony Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Cliff Pratt wrote: > > > > Obviously the way to solve this is to stop the application from > > generating these invalid addresses, but I'd like to understand why the > > difference. > > You didn't say what email software the machines are running. You didn't > quote relevant lines from the logs on the relevant machines. You didn't > examine the debugging output. > > Tony. > Yes, I did say what software (Debian package exim4 version 4.50-8) but it was right at the front of the message. No, I didn't include the relevant lines from the log, they were bog-standard ones which we've all seen 100s of times. You are correct though, I should have included them anyway. I'm aware of Eric Raymond's excellent guide on asking questions (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) and I regret that I haven't fully followed them.
I can't currently get at the machines in question, but if I don't find anything by digging into the logs and manuals, I post the logs here. I'd post debugging output but I didn't think that this was that sort of a problem. I've just trying to get my head around why an attempt to relay a message with an invalid address in the bcc that it appears to fail *all* recipients. I suspect that the answer lies in my (lack of) understanding of exim4 and smtp relaying via smarthost versus 'direct' delivery via the Internet rather than anything deeper. If I knew a bit more, I think that it would be obvious <grin>. Cheers, Cliff -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
