8 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users[courier-users] Re: blackholeing addr...
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Chris MacLeodAug 14, 2002 10:44 am 
Andrew NewtonAug 14, 2002 11:55 am 
William KnechtelAug 14, 2002 12:13 pm 
Sam VarshavchikAug 14, 2002 3:37 pm 
Chris MacLeodAug 15, 2002 8:21 am 
Sam VarshavchikAug 15, 2002 8:36 am 
Bill MichellAug 15, 2002 8:54 am 
Chris MacLeodAug 15, 2002 9:12 am 
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Subject:[courier-users] Re: blackholeing addressesActions...
From:Bill Michell (bi@mics.org.uk)
Date:Aug 15, 2002 8:54:41 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Sam Varshavchik writes:

Chris MacLeod writes:

yeah I looked at that and it works for some of the things I want to do, but I've got a problem now where I"m getting spam where the from address is invalid so when courier responds "550 spam not allowed" or whatever that reply gets deffered (either b/c the sender doesn't exist or it's not a real relay or something) so it bounces around in the queue for a

You are mistaken. Rejecting incoming mail with a 550 means it never gets accepted in the local mail queue in the first place.

... which means that the message isn't coming from your main courier server, but rather from whatever host is sitting between the internet and courier - perhaps an smtp proxy on the firewall?

-- Bill Michell bi@mics.org.uk (home)