response_transcode – Module

The response_transcode module can be used to work around broken remote servers that send incorrect response codes. For example, with this module you can change a hard bounce to a soft bounce, enabling you to log the bounce in order to later resend the message. When implemented by the transcode rule action in adaptive_rules.lua, it is only available for disposition rules.

Since it is possible to rewrite permanent errors as temporary errors, use this module carefully. Resubmitting mail that a remote server has already rejected with a permanent error can be seen as a hostile action.

**Configuration Change. ** In version 3.0, this module is loaded automatically as required and does not need to be explicitly included.

You can transcode "[internal]" transient failures but you cannot transcode "[internal]" permanent failures. For a listing of "[internal]" failures see Message Responses .

The module defines two options, Response_Transcode_Pattern and Response_Transcode_Replace. For more information about these options see response_transcode_replace and response_transcode_pattern. If you reference either of these options, the response_transcode module will be loaded automatically.