Bug#430157: "unknown user" inappropriate for general vague failure message

[Mark - Syminet]

Yes - sending side or something in the ACL's on that server.  Not  
debian or exim,
anyway.

Best,

Mark

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On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:38 PM, Marc Haber wrote:

> tags #430157 moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 09:54:12AM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:
>>> Package: exim4-config
>>> Version: 4.67-3
>>>
>>>>> Also it seems a shame that exim says "User unknown" while the real
>>>>> problem is logged only in mainlog.
>>
>> The text "User unknown" does not appear anywhere in Exim's source  
>> code.
>> If any Exim installation is emitting it, it is because the  
>> configuration
>> file has used that text.
>
> Ours does not use that text.
>
>> However, I believe there are (or were) other MUAs/MTAs that overwrite
>> whatever message comes with a 550 error, replacing it with "User
>> unknown". There were certainly cases of this in the past.
>
> That looks like a case of this.
>
> Dan, can you please show exim log entries of the rejection you claim?
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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