On 06/03/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems like I am getting 5xx errors on some outbound RCPT commands > (mostly to bounce messages), but Exim doesn't seem to take that as a > permanent error. Instead it freezes it and retries. Is there anything I > can do to make the 5xx's kill the message? Thanks. Example below... > > 2007-03-04 05:55:32 SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT > TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host q0.netfirms.com > [38.113.168.70]: 553 sorry, that address is unknown > 2007-03-04 05:55:32 [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<> P=<> > R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT > TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host q0.netfirms.com > [38.113.168.70]: 553 sorry, that address is unknown > *** Frozen (delivery error message)
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.66/doc/html/spec_html/ch03.html#id2561248 This should explain what you're seeing, and point you to options to control the behaviour. Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ## 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/
