On 12/17/03 at 13:17, chris wrote:
> >We will try changing to kx100.net = error and see what that does to
> >our bandwidth and processing. I was under the impression that it
> >would generate a bounce message in our mail queue and make SIMS
> >unhappy, but if it won't then it is better than the discard on the
> >way out system.
>
> If it does generate a bounce (which I was under the impression it does),
> you can always route it to NULL. Granted that means you still accept the
> message, but at least it doesn't go anywhere, or generate a bounce. It
> just vanishes with no further word.
My understanding (which could be incorrect) is that routing to error
rejects the proferred message with a 5xx result code and the bounce is
generated from the sending MTA, not from SIMS. So the bounce message sits
in the sender's queue rather than SIMS'.
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Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<http://www.globalhomes.com/>
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