Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: exim4
I'm using a smarthost setup, with the following relevant selections in
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config:
General type of mail configuration: mail sent by smarthost; no local mail
System mail name: katran.rifetech.com
Visible mail name: rifetech.com
If all works right, this configuration is perfect. Mail gets delivered
exactly where it's supposed to go.
Unfortunately, if there's an error of any kind, the failure message goes
to the wrong place. If user 'atrus' on this machine sends mail to
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (note the '.' at the end of the address, making it
invalid), a failure message is sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This
is bad, because katran.rifetech.com is *NOT* set up for any local mail
delivery. I only found this out because I changed that 'system mail
name' to be another host name that I can receive mail at, and saw tho
mail-failure message delivered there.
The "visible mail name" field is a domain at which replies for this
system's users should go. In my mind, that's also precisely where mail
failure messages should go, and not to the "system mail name".
** Affects: exim4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Exim mail failure messages go to local address, even if no local delivery is
available
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298823
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