On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Kevin Peuhkurinen wrote: > I don't like the idea of blocking any mailer-daemon email. Some of it > is useful.
Not mail FROM mailer-daemons. Mail TO specifically *our* mailer-daemon. How often do we see 'useful' mail coming back to the daemon? > I've written a bunch of rules that try to catch just the > virus-bounce related emails and mark them as spam. > http://www.exit0.us/index.php/VirusBounceRules2 I have had them installed for a long time, and have even tweaked them, but they do no good when the bounced mail only quotes headers from our mailer daemon's bounce, and there aren't many of those. A pathetically small amount of information to try and score off of..... - Charles > Charles Gregory wrote: > > >I'm wondering whether I would be breaking any 'standards' to block mail to > >my 'MAILER-DAEMON' address? > > > >I'm seeing an increasing amount of mail to my '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > >which are obvious cases where: > > > >1) Virus or Spam has tried to deliver to a non-existent address here. > >2) Our mail server has attempted to return the mail to the faked sender. > >3) The faked sender doesn't exist OR the faked sender's system has an > >anti-virus program stupidly sending bounces.... > > > >End result an 'undeliverable' or 'virus' notice sent *TO* our > >MAILER-DAEMON. And usually with no useful information at all about the > >original source of the trouble..... > > > >So can I just block that? Or could I block it with a limited list of > >exceptions? > > > >Thanks for all advice. > > > >- Charles > > > > > > > > >
