> 
> It's a catchall forwarded domain "@olddomain -> @newdomain", so
> Postfix accepted it before checking the final recipient.
> 
> Now that you said it, I'm going to suggest to the user to just
> alias individual addresses instead of the catchall.
> 
> I still think Microsoft should not complain about NDRs, especially
> if the original was from them.

Your approach is generating backscatter spam (to hotmail, where the
mail may not even have originated - the "From:" address is likely
forged so your assumption that it originated from hotmail could well
be wrong), which (being polite) is not considered a good thing. You
need to reject the mail on the originating connection, rather than
bouncing after acceptance. [you could consider tossing
non-deliverable messages rather than bouncing them, but you could end
up junking "legit" non-deliverables.] 

Backscatter spam *will* get you on blocklists.


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