Mark McArthey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm trying to set up my mail so the failure notices are not returned to
> me.  Currently, I, as the postmaster, am receiving all of the failed
> bounces.  I have BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER set to a non-existant address, but I
> still see them.

In your next message you state that your BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER address is
set to be dropped in your incoming filter.  But if BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER
is a non-existent address, how does it get delivered to you?  It would
have to get delivered to you for TMDA to kick in and process the
filter file on it.

I set up a real address, [EMAIL PROTECTED], that gets dropped
in my incoming filter.  This allows my MTA to deliver it and TMDA to
process it.

> Do I have to modify the postmaster address or actually create an
> alias for this non-existant address?

You don't have to do anything to postmaster, but the address must be
real enough to either run TMDA or always drop the mail.  If the
non-existent address is *not* an extension address of yours, then you
should create an alias that just drops it.

For example, if you're using qmail and you've set BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], you can create ~alias/.qmail-spambounce and
just put a single '#' in it.  That will make it a real address but
will just drop the mail.  In that case, you don't need to mention your
BOUNCE_ENV_SENDER address in your filter, since TMDA will never see it
anyhow.


Tim
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