> Don't do this with maildrop.  When maildrop runs, you've already
> accepted mail via SMTP, and there is no longer any real garantee that
> the return address on it is valid.  Bouncing the message in maildrop (or
> procmail, or any other local delivery agent) will both fill up your mail
> queue with undeliverable bounces, and bounce junk mail to users who
> didn't send it.

Um... isn't maildrop running embedded... which means rejecting is then safe
since it goes to the sending MTA and not some dubious from address or
whatever.

> If you want to reject mail based on attachments, you should use a
> courierfilter.
[snip]

Thanks for the pointers... although at the moment I'm too exhausted to even
think about mucking about with courierfilters. Its 2am here, so I'm off to
bed.

Final thought of the night: wouldn't rejecting on prohibited
filenames/extensions be better off being incorporated into esmtpd... its not
exactly an uncommon thing to do.

>> I had hope
>> that getting a MTA up on my new Linux box would be a fairly simple
processs,
>> but its sadly more long winded and complicated than I expected :(
>
> Welcome to the internet.  :)

I don't think it has much to do with the Internet, but more to do with
Courier... its a bit of an ugly beast when it comes to getting it
configured.

Cheers,

David



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