They don't accept bounces or are so slow to react that
bounces don't succeed and so clutter up the queue
quite substantially. I just added them to the badmailfrom
file since they tried juggling IPs for a while after I blocked
them with tcpserver. Badmailfrom did the trick.
(It did however take blocking
@opt01.edirectnetwork.net
@opt02.edirectnetwork.net
...
@opt39.edirectnetwork.net
@opt40.edirectnetwork.net)
--
Michael Boyiazis
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mail Architect, NetZero, Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Blauvelt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 9:11 AM
> To: Charles Cazabon
> Cc: qmail-list.cr.yp.to
> Subject: Re: stopping delivery to remote domain
>
>
>
> We had the same problem with this domain, but of course it
> was 'remote'
> mail that was hanging, not local. Our solution was to add this domain
> to our local DNS so it would be delivered locally and then dumped.
> We have also blocked smtp connections from the many IPs that these
> hosts resolved to.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Charles Cazabon wrote:
>
> > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Is there a way to stop local mail from being delivered to
> a remote domain.
> > > I have a domain that keeps filling up my que and never
> delivers. the domain
> > > is always listed as opt??.edirectnetworks.net For some
> reason they never
> > > seem to time out and drop out of the que. They just sit
> there... and
> > > finally will build up to the point that I will have to
> reboot the system to
> > > clear out the cue enough to start the delivery of my
> local mail in a timely
> > > manner.
> >
> > Messages sitting in the queue do not stop local deliveries
> from happening.
> > Even in-progress remote deliveries which are stalled do not
> stop local
> > deliveries from happening -- concurrency is maintained
> separately for local
> > and remote deliveries.
> >
> > You're micromanaging the queue. Have you actually seen
> local mail delivery
> > delayed by these "stuck" messages? If so, post the log of
> qmail-send during
> > the time it was happening.
> >
> > Charles
> > --
> >
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> ---------
> > Charles Cazabon
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > GPL'ed software available at:
> http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> >
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> ---------
> >
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> tom blauvelt
>
>
> Thomas Blauvelt NorthNet Internet Services, Inc.
> North Country Reference & Research
> Resources Council
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7 Commerce Lane Canton NY 13617 USA
> (315) 386-4569
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