On Dec 23, 2006, at 1:10 AM, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 03:48 -0700, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: >> A certain number of messages are being accepted for delivery and then >> fail delivery. (I am working to cut this down). > > You seem to be aware already that this is your real problem. Why only > "cut this down" and not eliminate it entirely for the common case? > Under > what circumstances does your system accept a mail and then later > bounce > it?
I believe they are ones for which I am a backup MX host so I accept them and try to relay them on. I have to trace some through to double check but that is what my initial reports lead to. > >> exim sends out a >> DSN/bounce messages with the <> null sender and these cannot be >> delivered. They build up in the queue until they eventually get >> purged out . >> >> I would like to just drop these failed ones trying to go out with a >> <>. I have been RTFMing but don't know what terms to look up. > > If you were to use sender verification callouts, it would be rare for > you to end up with a bounce message which cannot be delivered. I have sender verification callouts and they are working (I see lots of reports where they fail in the logs). Again, I will have to trace things through the logs for some of the original sending addresses for bounces in the queue to see what is up. Thanks Chad > > -- > dwmw2 > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- ## 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/
