On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 13:08 +0100, Ian Eiloart wrote:
> What I would like to be able to do though, is respond to a rejection after
> MAIL FROM:<> in a different way than I respond to a recipient rejection.
If they reject after RCPT TO:<someuser@domain> that's probably a bogus
user so I'd like to drop any mail claiming to be from that user.
If they reject after MAIL FROM:<> then they're clueless _and_ they've
probably been provoked into doing so by receiving a lot of bounces to
mail they didn't send... they're probably being joe-jobbed a lot. So
it's a fairly good chance the mail I'm being offered is fake and hence I
also want to drop it.
Why would I want to make a distinction between the two cases? Doesn't
the rejection already give enough information to the offending sender,
if in fact the message is genuine?
550-Callback setup failed while verifying <gxsr@???>
550-Called: 202.108.45.232
550-Sent: MAIL FROM:<>
550-Response: 553 You are not authorized to send mail as <>
550-The initial connection, or a HELO or MAIL FROM:<> command was
550-rejected. Refusing MAIL FROM:<> does not help fight spam, disregards
550-RFC requirements, and stops you from receiving standard bounce
550-messages. This host does not accept mail from domains whose servers
550-refuse bounces.
550 Sender verify failed
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