Re: [Exim] Mailman and bounce handling

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Stephen Gran
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Mailman and bounce handling
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 23:25, Stephen Gran wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am using mailman with exim at several sites, and am very happy with
> it for the most part. However I am getting a large number of bounces
> back to addresses that don't actually send mail, like the actual list
> address or the -request address. I 550 bounces to addresses that don't
> send mail (like webmaster, hostmaster, etc) with a nice little recipe
> from this list, but I am trying to think through the ramifications of
> extending that to mailman addresses.


Works for me:-

    http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html#mmapol


> Some times,
> though, I get into a situation where somebody sends an email to a
> moderated list with the envelope from set to another mailman list, and
> we get into a bounce war, each setting the address to -admin, so it is
> not seen as a bounce, and gets a 'your message is waiting for
> moderation' notice, and the whole thing spins out of control for a
> while.


Not seen that - have you asked about this on the mailman lists?

    Nigel.
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