>> >> Steve, you know the answer to this question: I will repeat it once >> more time. Don't reject mail after accepting it. >> >> Wietse > Wietse, > > You are, of course, correct. It would be totally retarded to be able to > switch of bounce/ndr messages. Mail admins are totally perfect and never > make any config errors that would have the potential to turn Postfix > into a bulk backscatter machine. I apologise for asking for such a > stupid feature. I'll try and become perfect so I don't show up any > limitations to your Postfix in the future. > > I also apologise for asking for the ability to white list clients, > senders or recipients in the header and body check section. That is also > totally retarded of me and I will ask all spammers to be considerate and > send me 'the right kind of spam'. :-)
You can be as annoyed as you wish, however (as usual) Wietse is correct. Accepting a message then sending an NDR is simply not acceptable, and will turn you into something that the entire rest of the world hates. Accepting a message then trashing the NDR and deleting the message will turn you into something that your users and the senders hate. The problem isn't that you're getting the "wrong" kind of spam it's that you're attempting to process it incorrectly. If you process it correctly, you can handle any type of spam. Terry
