[exim] mailq on MX secondary filling up with '550 unknown user'

2006-03-26 Thread Alain Williams
On my primary I have an ACL to verify the recipient and if this fails refuse to accept which results in a '550 unknown user' being sent. This is standard, fine and works well. My MX secondary receives it's share of username-generation spam attacks, when it tries to forward this cr*p onto my

Re: [exim] mailq on MX secondary filling up with '550 unknown user'

2006-03-26 Thread Tim Jackson
Alain Williams wrote: My MX secondary receives it's share of username-generation spam attacks, when it tries to forward this cr*p onto my primary, the primary bounces them (see above). The problem is that my MX secondary holds onto these and retries, this fills up the mailq, etc. Don't

Re: [exim] mailq on MX secondary filling up with '550 unknown user'

2006-03-26 Thread Alan J. Flavell
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Tim Jackson wrote: [...] 2. Enable recipient verification callouts on the secondary. e.g. deny !verify = recipient/callout=use_sender,defer_ok . This will forward recipient checks onto the primary, which is OK as long as the primary is up and/or the callout details

[exim] Re: HELO verification

2006-03-26 Thread Jerry Stuckle
John and others who have responded: I appreciate your concern. However, you do not understand my company, my needs or my situation. Please do not think to advise me as to what I should or should not do. For the record. This is MY company. I am the sole owner, President and CEO. It is a

Re: [exim] mailq on MX secondary filling up with '550 unknown user'

2006-03-26 Thread Richard Clayton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan J. Flavell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In discussing doing something against the abuse, we have at times toyed with the idea of the secondary verifying that the primary is basically up and, if it is, responding to

Re: [exim] Pre-processing incoming mail

2006-03-26 Thread John Hall
On 3/26/06, Jaap Winius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be the best way to pre-process incoming messages? By this I mean that I'd like to single out certain messages and run one or more search-and-replace routines over them before they're delivered. For instance, I could write a perl

Re: [exim] Re: HELO verification

2006-03-26 Thread Jakob Hirsch
Quoting Jerry Stuckle: I appreciate your concern. However, you do not understand my company, my needs or my situation. Please do not think to advise me as to what I should or should not do. Nobody is doing that, but still everybody is allowed to express his opinion. If you see this as an

Re: [exim] Re: HELO verification

2006-03-26 Thread Jerry Stuckle
Jakob Hirsch wrote: Quoting Jerry Stuckle: I appreciate your concern. However, you do not understand my company, my needs or my situation. Please do not think to advise me as to what I should or should not do. Nobody is doing that, but still everybody is allowed to express his opinion.

[exim] Re: HELO verification

2006-03-26 Thread Mar Matthias Darin
Hello, Jerry Stuckle writes: So, if you're willing to ante the several hundred dollars a month it is costing me in lost time and income, I'll let you advise me on how I should do it. Otherwise, please don't think you know me, my business or my needs better than I do. If you are

Re: [exim] Pre-processing incoming mail

2006-03-26 Thread Mar Matthias Darin
Hello, Jaap Winius writes: Hi list, What would be the best way to pre-process incoming messages? By this I mean that I'd like to single out certain messages and run one or more search-and-replace routines over them before they're delivered. For instance, I could write a perl script with