-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
The Saturday 2007-03-03 at 13:35 +0100, Sandy Drobic wrote:
> > helo=<nimrodel.valinor>: 5.7.1 20070303 stupid bouncer!
>
> Okay, the header_checks work, but...
>
...
> what happens after you reject the mail? Where does it go to? If everything
> works fetchmail should bounce the message back to the sender. In other
> words: rejecting with fetchmail probably makes you a backscatter source.
Ah...
> The mail has already been accepted by you (precisely, the provider
> accepted the mail for you). So you should only reject mails when you
> receive them directly via smtp. After the mail has been accepted you can
> only discard or tag and deliver it.
>
> The reason why you did not become a backscatter source in this case is the
> empty sender address <>, so the mail could not be bounced (again) and was
> discarded anyway.
Mmmm...
> Still, I suggest you use the action DISCARD instead of REJECT. If the next
> mail you want to reject with such a header_check is NOT the empty sender
> address <>, you WILL become a backscatter source with REJECT.
You are right. Well, in any case, my backscatter would have
"nimrodel.valinor" as the source, so it serves them right if they do
accept it! ;-P
Probably my subconscious mind chooses "reject" as a way of punishing
them... Ok, ok, I'll start reviewing my config O:-)
- --
Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76
iD8DBQFF6XIptTMYHG2NR9URAluxAJ9ouBBUl5nHjV4WLClhIJ9vfdVDFgCfSLeZ
kxzP7leDTvM4Fj+t9XMR5C4=
=3LRl
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
