Author: David Woodhouse Date: To: jsr CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] turning off bounces
On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 21:06 -0400, Jay Rouman wrote: > Is it possible to turn off the bounce mechanism completely? I am
> thinking that as the spam problem gets worse, it might make sense
> to accept messages without comment and provide no information which
> might confirm or deny that an account exists. I know this is totally
> unfriendly behavior but the net doesn't seem to be getting less hostile.
A properly configured mail server won't normally be sending bounces to
anyone but locally trusted users. If yours is generating bounces during
normal operation, to mail sent from the outside, then you should fix it.
