Ok, it seemed like that the 550 was the correct response.  How do I have 
Exim "accept" the message and generate a bounce??



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On Thursday 31 May 2007 20:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I want to be able to reject/remove specific RCPT address based on some
> rules.  I have the rules written and working, but I've tried 
implementing
> this in the acl_smtp_rcpt acl and it's not working as I expected.  From
> within the acl, I do a DENY for addresses I wish to reject.  This seems 
to
> generate a 550 error which kills the message.

It is correct to return a 550 code in response to invalid or otherwise 
unaccepted recipients. However, some broken mailers incorrectly give up 
the 
message completely. If you say 550 to an MUA, then what happens or should 
happen isn't quite as obvious. Traditionally, mail coming from users has 
been 
accepted and a bounce message generated if there is a problem. Some have 
argued that many users won't understand what a bounce message means, and 
that 
they are more likely to realise that sending failed if they get an error 
message immediately, in a message box. But when sending to multiple 
recipients at remote domains, verifying the addresses before accepting 
them 
can take rather long time, and if only some fail I guess the user can be 
really confused...

I'm not sure if this answers your question...

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