Re: [Exim] Exim setup done and it works ok, but...

> Fr ex: My solution for the above would be to, for every person that posts
> to MAILER_DAEMON, automatically send him a prewritten explicit letter
> explaining that this is not the address of a human and that mail sent to
> this address is not and never will be read, and a few lines about the
> futility of sending mail to the addy.
>
> By this simple step you not only enlighten your users (they are highly
> unlikely to make the same mistake again) but you solve your problem with
> virtually no sweat at all.....

I strongly advise NOT to do that automatically. There is a bunch of
broken programs out there that send autoreplies to header addresses,
not to sender addresses. I see a rather large number of double bounces
and vacation type mails being sent to mailer-daemon. An automatic reply
might result in a mail loop.

Yes, that's sick, but that's the way typical Windows software works.

Michael