Further testing of this configuration has lead me to another question. By removing the line "verify_only" the bounce is no longer generated, and the message is not returned to the sender. This actually is the desired behaviour ( by Sr. Management ), however I am perplexed as to what exactly happens to the message from the sender.
Exim accepts the message and a Message ID is issued. I see this in the logs: exigrep 1T7Pjr-00020Q-A4 /var/log/exim/mainlog 2012-08-31 07:50:32 1T7Pjr-00020Q-A4 <= [email protected] H=localhost () [127.0.0.1] P=smtp S=1083 2012-08-31 07:50:32 1T7Pjr-00020Q-A4 => yyyy <[email protected]> R=vacation_expired_director_no_message T=vacation_expired_autoreply_nomessage 2012-08-31 07:50:32 1T7Pjr-00020Q-A4 Completed HERE is log of the return message notifying the user that the account is expired. 2012-08-31 07:50:32 1T7Pk8-00020V-A2 <= <> R=1T7Pjr-00020Q-A4 U=courier P=local S=515 2012-08-31 07:50:32 1T7Pk8-00020V-A2 => [email protected] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [209.85.225.27] X=TLSv1:ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA:128 2012-08-31 07:50:32 1T7Pk8-00020V-A2 Completed The incoming message can't be delivered because the account is no longer there, so I'm guessing that the message just gets dropped on the floor. True? Am I violating any RFC requirements by doing this? The sender will get a reply telling them that the account is expired and no longer functional, but it seems kinda misleading to NOT return the message to the sender as undelivered. /sd Steve Devine Collaborative Systems & Support Information Technology Services Michigan State University ________________________________________ From: Devine, Steven (sd) Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:57 PM To: Todd Lyons Cc: Exim [[email protected]] Subject: RE: [exim] Auto response and Bounces Thanks Todd, that seems to do the trick. I thought I had tried that - leave it to a MSU alum to set me straight. :) /sd ________________________________________ From: Todd Lyons [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:27 PM To: Devine, Steven (sd) Cc: Exim [[email protected]] Subject: Re: [exim] Auto response and Bounces On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Devine, Steven (sd) <[email protected]> wrote: > We are in the process of expiring accounts and Sr. Management would like it > if we could return a autoreply (custom per user like a vacation message) to > the sender. > I have been able to get this to work by using this: > > [in the routers section:] > vacation_expired_director: > driver = accept > verify_only Do you still get the bounce if you remove the verify_only? > Michigan State University I'm an MSU grad too. Of course, that's McNeese State University, but it's close, right? ;-) I kid, I kid, my MSU is 1/6 the size of your MSU. ...Todd -- The total budget at all receivers for solving senders' problems is $0. If you want them to accept your mail and manage it the way you want, send it the way the spec says to. --John Levine -- ## List details at https://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/
