Wietse Venema wrote:
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> > > That to say: it will be nice if postfix will have an ability to "defer"
> > > temporary error condition to the end of restriction list. I.e., when
> > > some restriction returns temporary error, process with other restrictions
> > > to see if some other one will return permanent error. If not, return
> > > temporary one, as we have no other choice anyway.
> >
> > I just implemented the reverse behavior of this idea. It was needed
> > in order to fix permit_mx_backup. Currently, that feature is slightly
> > broken when the DNS is unable to respond, and can in the worst case
> > result in mail being rejected with "relay access denied".
> >
> > The new behavior changes a later hard reject (e.g., from
> > reject_unauth_destination) into a temporary reject, but only when
> > permit_mx_backup was unable to make a decision because of a DNS
> > problem.
> >
> > So this is an example of using a DNS problem to turn a later hard
> > reject into a temporary reject.
>
> This is what I call the "defer_if_reject" flag. It is set when

Caution. This is not "defer", but ... errm... "dunno if reject"
maybe. Should not be confused with "deferred queue" or something
like. Having "hold" here, it's too easy to be confused.

[Catching up sloooowly. 1500 messages unread in my postfix-users
folder, and growing...]

/mjt
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