On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Malcolm V wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 12:27, Matt Hyne wrote:
> > Folks, each day I get about 300+ "Postmaster Notify" emails from my mail
> > server. These are generally because an external email could not be
> > delivered to one of my users because the user did not exist (and thus
> > postmaster gets copied on the warning msg).
> <snipped>
>
> Are these messages undeliverable locally or is this mail server trying
> to relay these messages? I thought the sendmail default was to reject
> mail that could not be delivered locally.
* Spammer sends From [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Message goes to other.domain MX host
* other.domain MX host says 'bounce' because blah doesen't exist
* Bounce From [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* If [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesen't exist either local postmaster gets it
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