> That AOL, and many others apache included, won't accept mail from
> unreturnable addresses is neither here nor there.
This is the point of disagreement. The e-mail address is unreturnable. Why
should an enterprise mail server have an unreturnable default postmaster
address?
It isn't the local part (root vs postmaster) that bothers me, since
PostmasterAlias takes care of the local part mapping; it is the use of
localhost. Given how PostmasterAlias works, any other valid domain that the
server listens on would be a better fallback than localhost, IMO.
Regardless, I do feel strongly that we need to document why the default
configured value of postmaster@localhost is a bad idea.
--- Noel
P.S. I have no idea why Peter likes the idea. I hadn't discussed it with
him.
-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:44
To: James Developers List
Subject: RE: Configuration: "[postmaster|root]@localhost"
> Is it reasonable to change the internal default from "root@localhost" to
> "postmaster@helloName"?
No, root@localhost is a reasonable default email address, it is a real email
address, it refers to a real account on a real machine.
That AOL, and many others apache included, won't accept mail from
unreturnable addresses is neither here nor there.
>
> --- Noel
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