So to sum things up (and correct me if I wrong), the reason "DELIVERY FAILURE" is in the default bombre.txt file is to prevent "backscatter", but as a consequence legitmate DSNs are going to get blocked. So you have to make a choice as to whether or not you want to risk getting the backscatter, or, have your local users aware that their email did not get received. So in my case, where I very rarely see these "fake bounces", it would make more sense to remove the regex from the bombre.txt file.
Thanks Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > Paul Houlbrooke wrote: >> In this case, isn't ASSP guilty of backscatter? It sends an error >> message to the sending user when the receiving user does not exist. Or >> do I something misconfigured? > > You are confusing terminology. Yes, ASSP sends a "message" back to the > sending server, but its not an email. Its an SMTP Reply code (3 digit > number) with a verbose description following it. The sending server > will then send a boilerplate email message to the sending user based on > the reply code it received when attempting to send the email. The > boilerplate email to the sending user is called a DSN - Delivery Status > Notification. > > The receiving server should not be sending the *email* message. That > should be done by the local sending server. Anything else is easily > abused as backscatter. > > ASSP handles all of this correctly and does not contribute to backscatter. > > http://www.asspsmtp.org/wiki/SMTP_Status_Codes#Example_DSN > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
