On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:32, Lars E. D. Jensen wrote:
> Hi list
> 
> A scenario which happens very often on my server.
> 
> 1. A spammer sends to a non-existent user on my mailserver
> 2. My mailserver answers back to the sender (which is also a 
> non-existent user on another mailserver)
> 3. The foreign mailserver answers back to my mailservers admin 
> e-mailaddress, that the user is non-existent
> 4. Message double bounces between the two mailservers.
> 5. Message failure is sent to admin e-mailaddress on my mailserver.
> 
> Question:
> 
> Can the chk-user patch avoid these double bounces ?

An emphatic YES!  The chkusr patch is extremely good at preventing most
of these situations...  :)

> Or is there some other way of avoiding these unnecessary bounces?
> 
> I haven't installed chk-user patch yet in production.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
> 
> Lars E. D. Jensen
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