> From: Erwan David <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 9:05:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Empty From when generating bounce
>
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 08:39:24AM CET, Trigve Siver <[email protected]> said:
> > Hi,
> > I'm having some problem with bounces. When someone send mail to my mail
>server
>
> > and sender is not existent, postfix generate bounce. Bounce has empty
>envelope
>
> > "From" set (from=<>) . I'm using relayhost and when sending bounce back
> > I've
>got
>
> > error that "From" shouldn't be empty/invalid (I think it could be but ...
>:-().
>
> > My question therefore is if it is possible to set some default "From" when
> > postfix generate bounce?
>
> SMTP protocol imposes this From on bounces to avoid loops. Your relayhost is
>broken.
>
Thanks for reply,
yes I know but I'm not in charge of realyhost and they (who are in charge) told
me that they don't accept empty From. Could I somehow change From to some kind
of "black hole" which will discard all the mails?
Thanks
Trigve
