On 6/29/2009, Steve (steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk) wrote: > You are, of course, correct. It would be totally retarded to be able to > switch of bounce/ndr messages.
Yes, it would, since it breaks smtp... Otherwise, the CEO of your new biggest prospect will never know that his 'I'll take it!' response to the quote from one of your Sales Reps was not delivered, because some bone-headed mail admin had decided to add some *post-queue* content filter to the mix that was configured to BOUNCE messages, and then compounded his error by disabling ALL NDRs because he was too lazy to fix the real problem. > Mail admins are totally perfect and never make any config errors that > would have the potential to turn Postfix into a bulk backscatter > machine. They only do this if they consciously choose to bounce messages after they have been accepted... > I apologise for asking for such a stupid feature. Apology accepted. > I'll try and become perfect You don't nee to be perfect, just don't insist on pointing the loaded gun at your foot and actually pulling the trigger. > so I don't show up any limitations to your Postfix in the future. All software has limitations... many of which, like this one, are intentional. -- Best regards, Charles
