Grant Peel wrote: > Ted, At the risk of sounding totally incompetent, how do I check for valid > recipients befor accepting the message? > > Here is my configure such as it is: [snip] > begin acl > acl_check_rcpt: > accept hosts = : > dnslists = ips.backscatterer.org > message = This message looks like a bounce, and your server is This looks like a mix up .. yes you want to accept local emails, but you need a deny for the backscatter lookups.
[snip] > accept domains = +local_domains > endpass > message = unknown user > verify = recipient > accept domains = +relay_to_domains > endpass > message = unrouteable address > verify = recipient > accept hosts = +relay_from_hosts > accept authenticated = * This looks good .. now let's look at your routers. > ###################################################################### > # ROUTERS CONFIGURATION # > > ... oops - missing! As Graeme said, add a no_verify to your amavis router and make sure the real one checks that the recipient is in fact valid -- The Exim Manual http://www.exim.org/docs.html http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/index.html -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
