Each domain defined will have a postmaster and abuse address....these can be aliases that all point to one account tho
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Delbridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Spam to Root/Postmaster > Do the RFCs actually require that EACH domain on a multi-homed mail > server feature the "postmaster" and "abuse" accounts? I had always > assumed that the primary mail domain (the domain referenced in MX > records) required them but that the other ("child") domains did not. > > I appreciate the warning re postmaster requirement from receiving mail > servers. Do they verify existence of a postmaster account at the > sending mail server's domain, or instead, the sender's domain? > > Dave > > Christopher Checca wrote: > > > I know some are going to get upset about what I think ... but > > > > IMO delete all mail going to root, postmaster, webmaster, and administrator. > > > > If you have IMGate you can block all but postmaster, I've found some mail > > servers will not receive email if you don't have an postmaster account. > > > > Christopher Checca > > Packard Transport, Inc. > > IT Department > > 24021 South Municipal Dr > > PO Box 380 > > Channahon, IL. 60410 > > 815 467 9260 > > 815 467 6939 Fax > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.packardtransport.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Delbridge > > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:54 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Spam to Root/Postmaster > > > > Hi all, > > > > I host a few hundred e-mail domains and my default "root" and > > "postmaster" accounts are suddenly being attacked by spammers, to the > > point that a recurring DoS situation occurs. [The root mailboxes fill > > up and the mail server then bogs down with "mailbox full" GSE replies to > > non-existent spam senders.] > > > > Should I: > > > > - Forward postmaster and root mail for all domains to my "master" > > postmaster account? [That's gonna be a LOT of junk mail for me to > > personally wade through. We're talkin' tens of thousands of messages > > per day.] > > > > - Delete the unused root and postmaster accounts? [Afterall, they're > > all disabled by default. And this would allow our clients to setup > > their own postmaster forwarder to a working mail address, should they > > want to receive mail server alerts.] > > > > - Rename the root and postmaster accounts? > > > > - Other options? > > > > Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > David M. Delbridge > Circa 3000 > ColdFusion Hosting > http://www.circa3k.com > 866-CIRCA3K (247-2235) > Outside U.S: +1.775-832-2445 > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
