A few random thoughts on the issue...
Since you can manually create a .qmail file to do this very thing,
adding the functionality is only a convenience item. (And I would
not worry about the RFC's too much..... Microsoft sure as hell doesn't
follow all the RFC's regarding mail... Not that that makes it OK mind
you...)
If you forward any account, or the postmaster, to a bad address... what
happens? mail bounces.
If you don't forward postmaster, and it fills up because someone is not
checking it, what happens?
Again, mail bounces. If postmaster has no limits on mail size, and
the disk is full, what happens? mail bounces.... If, if, if.... Too
many ways to bounce mail. Might as well set it up so that it will at
least stand a chance of getting checked regularly.
In a nutshell, a postmaster account is no different than any other
account. Even being able to delete it makes no difference. Since many,
many places ignore the RFC's regarding a postmaster account, and, you
CAN manually delete a postmaster account, or forward it, or, forward the
default, why NOT have the functionality in the program? You could
simply have the web page warn you that you are about to violate the
RFC's by not having a postmaster account.
As far as forwarding the default catch all, I see no big deal with
Qmail. A double bounce will still go down the tubes, no? With
Sendmail + procmail, or, a .forward, one could set up some really evil
mail loops. Been there, done that. Had customers forward their mail
somewhere, only to close that account.... message comes in, forwards to
the dead account, bounces back, forwards, bounces, forwards, bounces . .
. . Are we having fun yet?
As long as qmail will not go into "loop from hell" we are fine and safe
with forwarding anything.
Postmaster could be an alias, a forward, and still comply with the rfc,
as far as I can tell. Nothing in the RFC says it has to be a pop
account, does it?
I am not in favor of violating the RFC's, but, a forwarded postmaster or
default that is READ, beats one that is ignored, IMO.
Cheers,
Blaine
Ken Jones wrote:
> I think this needs to be thought out alitte bit more
> before we make any changes to the code.
>
> Ken Jones
>
> Philippe Landau wrote:
> >
> > hello, thank you for qmailadmin
> >
> > i just found somebody has the same problem as we do
> > and there is no answer to his question yet on the forum.
> >
> > also, if postmaster can't be forwarded too,
> > it will just accumulate email for many of our customers
> > without ever being read.
> > (inforcing the RFC's requirement for a postmaster@
> > by the letter, but not by it's meaning.)
> >
> > kind regards philippe, http://A-Z-Internet.com
> >
> > --- *** ---
> > >we're running qmailadmin 0.32 and vpopmail 4.8.5.
> > >We wan't to change the default-
> > >forwarding to an external address instead of "postmaster".
> > >When I try to create an forward with its name "default"
> > >qmailadmin tells me that "name default is already used".
> > >Is this a bug or a feature ? ;)
> > >
> > >Please tell me if you have any fixes / patches
> > >that correct the problem or know an other solution.
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Sebastian Faerber
> >
> > http://qmail.lightup.net/read.php?f=4&i=81&loc=0&t=81
