-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In message <[email protected]>, Jeremy Harris <[email protected]> writes
>For me, operating as an MTA: if the envelope sender address has >a domain for which there is no MX or A record in DNS, then I cannot >send a bounce. correct >For me, as the administrator of an MTA: if my MTA >cannot return a bounce to a sender then I cannot maintain overall >reliability of email, in the notification of error conditions. as a community we'd much rather than you refused to accept a message (5xx) rather than accepting it and generating a bounce later ! but how practical that is will of course depend upon what sort of error you have in mind >Therefore I do do wish to take responsibility for such a message. if it doesn't have a valid domain (or null) in the MAIL FROM then it's quite acceptable (and quite common) not to take responsibility ! - -- richard Richard Clayton They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 iQA/AwUBVL+qmOINNVchEYfiEQIF5wCguhiXuzJGCdz8fxobMmUTSzKoXTUAoK4v ukOW3iU5MdGrgJ9ECnW1Inun =FLSJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ## List details at https://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/
