Re: Nullmailer tries to re-send after permanent error 552

Patrick Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > This is expected -- i.e. nullmailer is doing what it is designed to do.
> > The problem seems to be that your smarthost is refusing the messages from
> > nullmailer.  
  > Fix the configuration of your smarthost to allow those
> > messages to be delivered.
> 
> Shouldn't nullmailer see that it is a permanent error and give up?

Not if I understand the design correctly.  nullmailer expects to relay your
mail through an assigned smarthost (for which it is an authorized client).
That smarthost should be configured to accept all mail from authorized
clients... that's the purpose of a smarthost after all.

Charles
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