On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:13:09 +0800 , Gil Prudente writes:
> Someone used a non-existent address in our domain
> ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) to send spam and we're getting
> hundreds of bounced messages, which in turn are
> double-bounced because the mailbox does not exist.
>
> I have temporarily redirected these bounced messages
> to a file by creating an alias, to get rid of the
> double-bounces.
I think that is the best way to deal with it.
The alias's .qmail- file contains only '#', right?
The only way to do better would be to patch smtpd
(I think there is a "badrcptto" patch floating around
somewhere) so that it would reject the bounce messages
up front.
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