From: Dan Melomedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > From: Dan Melomedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > What I need is a way for the server at the edge of my network to > > > > be able to reject all non-legitimate mail. This gives the > > > > sending MTA responsibility for the bouncebacks. > > > > > > This way double bounces for your users will end up in the sender > > > MTA postmaster's inbox, not yours. Chances are they'll just ignore > > > them. I don't know if this is important or not for you, but > > > certainly something to remember. > > > > I'm not sure I follow you here. The only double-bounce scenario I > > can think of is if one of my users mistypes his email address in his > > MUA and > > No, that message was about the incoming scenario. I am new to Courier, > it may be the case that Courier always throws 550 before accepting > mail into the queue, so it would be the default behavior as described > in prior email. If a message with invalid sender and recipient > addresses is given to a server which throws 550, then the doublebounce > is generated on the sending server. If it's accepted into the queue, > then a bounce and a subsequent double bounce is going to be on the > receiving server. Which may or may not be what you want. Personally, > I gave up on double bounces, as most of them are SPAM, and there are > too many of them to watch over.
Courier will reply with a 550 if the domain is local and the username doesn't exist. Only mail for valid local users and mail that is allowed for relay will make it into the queue. Bowie ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
