Re: [Exim] Anything wrong with rejecting bounces for address…

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Author: Richard Welty
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Subject: Re: [Exim] Anything wrong with rejecting bounces for addresses which don't send mail?
On Wed, 5 May 2004 12:05:37 +0100 (BST) "Alan J. Flavell" <a.flavell@???> wrote:
> I've now started rejecting mails which have null envelope senders and
> are addressed to some of these "receive-only" addresses, with the
> response:


> | This address does not send mail; nondelivery reports are rejected as fakes.


> Does the team think this is a reasonable thing to do? Is the message
> clear enough?


i've also started doing this for certain webmaster, etc., addresses,
that are getting spoofed as envelope senders a lot.

i don't see a bit of trouble with it.

richard
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