Bug#320345: marked as done (exim4: Misleading bounce report when message_size_limit exceeded)

Fri Jul 29 06:33:39 UTC 2005

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Subject: exim4: Misleading bounce report when message_size_limit exceeded
From: Oliver Elphick <olly at lfix.co.uk>
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Package: exim4
Version: 4.50-8
Severity: normal

When a message is rejected because message_size_limit is exceeded, a
misleading bounce message is sent.

The bounce message says: "No transport provider was available for
delivery to this recipient".

Here is the log data:
2005-07-28 16:26:13 1DyAFn-0005OR-Ab rejected from
<brian at bray-healthcare.com> H=(FINANCE) [192.168.2.194]: message too
big: read=64016485 max=52428800

I cannot see anywhere to change the bounce message.

-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.50 #1 built 27-May-2005 08:08:19
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (December  3, 2003)
Support for: iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz
dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'

dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'
dc_other_hostnames='bray-healthcare.com:www.bray-healthcare.com:solport.demon.co.uk'
dc_local_interfaces=''
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains='*.bray-healthcare.com'
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets='192.168.1.0/24:192.168.2.0/24'
dc_smarthost='post.demon.co.uk'

CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='true'
dc_hide_mailname=''
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
mailname:solport.demon.co.uk

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.23bray-cwfirewall
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages exim4 depends on:
ii  exim4-base                    4.50-8     support files for all exim MTA (v4
ii  exim4-daemon-light            4.50-8     lightweight exim MTA (v4) daemon

-- no debconf information

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Subject: Re: Bug#320345: exim4: Misleading bounce report when
	message_size_limit exceeded
From: Oliver Elphick <olly at lfix.co.uk>
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On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 22:17 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 17:16 +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > Package: exim4
> > Version: 4.50-8
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > When a message is rejected because message_size_limit is exceeded, a
> > misleading bounce message is sent.
> > 
> > The bounce message says: "No transport provider was available for
> > delivery to this recipient".
> 
> What MTA or mail system is returning that message? Every time I've seen
> it in the past it's been generated by a Microsoft Outlook or Exchange
> system as the response to every failure to send (much like the MTAs
> which used to claim any 550 was "no such user" in bounce messages),
> ignoring any specific message returned by the destination server.

Indeed, it is MS Outlook, so I'm closing the bug.

Thanks.

Oliver