mailing list subscriber: [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> wrote: > > On 8/8/2012 4:22 AM, mailing list subscriber wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I asked this earlier but maybe skipped your attention. > >> > >> In summary, > >> > >> Why do body/header checks generate 5xx rejects even with soft_bounce=yes? > > > > > > soft_bounce works as documented. The log may show a 5.x.x extended > > status code, but the client receives a 4xx response and a 4.x.x status. > > > > thanks for explanation, I did not know that! > > Wietse, why would anyone want to read false information in the logs? > for example "user unknown" shows 4xx with soft_bounce=yes. are there > any others? where can I find a list of rejects that lie to me with 5xx > and I actually send a 4xx?
The CLEANUP DAEMON rejects the header with 5cc The SMTP DAEMON transforms the reply into 4XX. The CLEANUP DAEMON does not know that the SMTP DAEMON has soft_bounce=yes.
