Ian Eiloart wrote: > --On 20 August 2007 20:38:10 +1000 Ted Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> Ian Eiloart wrote: >> >>> --On 19 August 2007 15:35:39 +1000 Ted Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> "If you discard all the recipients either individually at RCPT TO:, or >>>> all together at MAIL FROM: or DATA, then the delivery will not happen >>>> and all you'll get it a log line. The sender does get the "550-Your >>>> message .." and not a 220." >>>> >>>> ie. They both win. Yes, you get a fake reject message, but no you don't >>>> get a delivery if all recipients are discarded. >>>> >>> Is that different from a real rejection? You say "I'm not going to >>> deliver this message", then you don't deliver it. Sounds to me like >>> "Fake reject" + "Discard" = "Real reject", even if you've discarded at >>> a time when you could no longer do a real rejection. >>> >>> >> It's a 550 reject, anything after that is just text to help assist >> humans. It could say "Purple money dishwasher" for all the sending MTA >> cares. So there's no difference between a complete reject vs fakereject >> in regards to SMTP. What you do it once it's fakerejected by your system >> is entirely up to you. If you discard all the recipients first, you will >> not get a message to play with. >> >> > > Yes, I understand that. I guess I'm saying that, if you discard a message > after issuing a "fake reject", then the reject isn't fake any more. > >
I was a little confused about the process. I thought that perhaps switching from ACCEPT to DISCARD would somehow cancel the fake reject. It would be nice to have a feature that does cancel a fake reject. -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
