RE: [vchkpw] Disabling bounce messages
doesn't this fundementally break the RFC for SMTP? -Original Message- From: Bill Wichers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: February 25, 2005 11:40 To: vchkpw@inter7.com Subject: [vchkpw] Disabling bounce messages I'm looking for a way to disable bouncing (ALL bouncing, not just double-bounces) temporarily for a group of domains on one our mail servers that is causing some problems. I'm hoping there is a way to do this globally (as in NOT editing ALL the domain/.qmail-default files, as there are many). Does anyone know of any way to do this without going into each virtual domain and editing the .qmail-default file there? That would be a lot of work, and especially bad since it would all need to be undone in a few days anyway. Any help appreciated. Google is full of answers to people using non-vpopmail setups, but little info seems to be out there for vpopmail setups on a large-ish scale. -Bill * Waveform Technology UNIX Systems Administrator __ NOD32 1.1008 (20050225) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.nod32.com
Re: [vchkpw] Disabling bounce messages
On Friday 25 February 2005 11:40 am, Bill Wichers wrote: I'm looking for a way to disable bouncing (ALL bouncing, not just double-bounces) temporarily for a group of domains on one our mail servers that is causing some problems. I'm hoping there is a way to do this globally (as in NOT editing ALL the domain/.qmail-default files, as there are many). Does anyone know of any way to do this without going into each virtual domain and editing the .qmail-default file there? That would be a lot of work, and especially bad since it would all need to be undone in a few days anyway. I'm assuming you have a list of these domains you need to change. Write a simple script to run over the list, run vdominfo to give you the directory the domain is in, copy the existing .qmail-default to a backup location (best if it's in the same directory.. cp .qmail-default to qmail-default-backup or something, pay attention to the lack of a .) then write a new .qmail-default file with the proper command to disable bounces. -Jeremy -- Jeremy Kitchen ++ Systems Administrator ++ Inter7 Internet Technologies, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ www.inter7.com ++ 866.528.3530 ++ 815.776.9465 int'l kitchen @ #qmail #gentoo on EFnet IRC ++ scriptkitchen.com/qmail GnuPG Key ID: 481BF7E2 ++ jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpeXllSCphLi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [vchkpw] Disabling bounce messages
I'm looking for a way to disable bouncing (ALL bouncing, not just double-bounces) temporarily for a group of domains on one our doesn't this fundementally break the RFC for SMTP? Probably, but considering the RFC for SMTP has fundamental problems that make life miserable for good folks and life wonderful for spammers - too bad. Sorry Bill, short of writing a shell script to change the .qmail-default files automatically I don't know of any method. Paul p.s. I'm not interested in getting into a debate, this isn't the right place anyway. -- Paul Oehler NEXCESS.NET Internet Solutions http://nexcess.net 304 1/2 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 1.866.NEXCESS
Re: [vchkpw] Disabling bounce messages
doesn't this fundementally break the RFC for SMTP? Probably, but considering the RFC for SMTP has fundamental problems that make life miserable for good folks and life wonderful for spammers - too bad. Doesn't really matter if it breaks it or not since (1) 99%+ of the bounces are spam anyway and spammers have never been big on RFC compliance, and (2) this is a temp fix I need to have in place for a few days until the system can be taken down to fix the problem properly (chkuser needs to be installed, along with a vpopmail upgrade and some db tweaks). Sorry Bill, short of writing a shell script to change the .qmail-default files automatically I don't know of any method. That's what I ended up doing. I was hopeful maybe there was some magic feature like /vpopmail/alias/.qmail-global-default or something like that :-) No big deal to write the script, there are maybe 30 domains or so on the box in question. It's behind our MX frontends and has been getting Spamcop angry with misdirected bounces. I needed a quick fix to appease Spamcop and get the users to stop yelling at me since I don't have the time to do a real fix for a few days. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Wow, you're local(ish)! We're in Troy and Southfield (2 facilities). -Bill * Waveform Technology UNIX Systems Administrator
