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Griffiths, JonJul 24, 2001 7:28 am 
Sam VarshavchikJul 24, 2001 2:56 pm 
Daniel RoesenJul 24, 2001 4:21 pm 
Oliver BlasnikJul 25, 2001 12:44 am 
Griffiths, JonJul 25, 2001 2:33 am 
Griffiths, JonJul 25, 2001 2:56 am 
Daniel RoesenJul 25, 2001 3:30 am 
Xavier BeaudouinJul 25, 2001 3:41 am 
Sam VarshavchikJul 25, 2001 4:46 am 
Oliver BlasnikJul 25, 2001 7:30 am 
Daniel RoesenJul 25, 2001 8:29 am 
Griffiths, JonJul 25, 2001 10:00 am 
Sam VarshavchikJul 25, 2001 2:15 pm 
Oliver BlasnikJul 25, 2001 2:58 pm 
Subject:[courier-users] Re: Unknown User = EX_TEMPFAIL??
From:Sam Varshavchik (mrs@courier-mta.com)
Date:Jul 24, 2001 2:56:41 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Griffiths, Jon writes:

However, this is the crux of the matter. If I get an incorrectly addressed user, with the correct domain, I get this in the logs:

Jul 24 13:56:52 jon maildrop[27922]: Invalid user specified. Jul 24 13:56:52 jon sendmail[27919]: f6OANx626166: to=<comp@XXYY.com>, delay=01:32:53, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=392405, dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: local mailer (/usr/local/bin/maildrop) exited with EX_TEMPFAIL

Now it seems to me that maildrop is not presenting the correct error code for invalid user.

If it's an invalid user, why did you mail server accept the message for delivery in the first place?

If this is a nonexistent mailbox, the mail server should refuse to accept the message, and return it as undeliverable, and maildrop should not even be run.

-- Sam