Re: [Exim] question on relaying / spam

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Author: Andreas J Mueller
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To: Hanasaki JiJi
Subject: Re: [Exim] question on relaying / spam
Hi Hanasaki!

> Not trying to be argumentative here but, why not? It doesn't seem wise,
> to me, to allow an outsider, who should not have the ability to send
> email from the exim server, to create a fake bounce to someone.


Then do not accept the mail in the first place. If you accept a mail
for delivery or relaying, you are responsible for generating a bounce
if it cannot be delivered. Better to reject the mail at SMTP time,
preferably in response to an RCPT command.

Andy

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Andreas J. Mueller                            email: <andy@???>