The only problem is that this is on a mail gateway that relays mail to the recipient server. It doesn't know if the recipient is invalid.
On 7/18/06, Noel Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:25 PM 7/18/2006, Matt Rae wrote: > >I'm only marking spam on a mail gateway and sending it > >along for clients > >to filter out themselves. What I'm running into is when > >spam is sent to > >a nonexistent account, the bounce back to the (also > >nonexistent) spammer > >is filling up my queue. > > > >I'd like to filter out "returned to sender" emails that > >were originally > >marked spam by the gateway. > > > >Is this easy enough to do with amavisd-new? maybe somebody > >can point me > >in the right direction. > > > >Searching on the list, I saw somebody just deleting > >bounces that were on > >their queue for 3 hours. I'm wondering if doing something > >in amavis > >would be better. > > You must configure your MTA to reject invalid recipients > during SMTP, before they are ever accepted and passed to > amavisd. Deleting undeliverable bounces is like turning up > the radio so you won't hear that grinding noise your car makes. > > -- > Noel Jones > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > AMaViS-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user > AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 > AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
