Re: [exim] not generating undeliverable mail messages

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Author: Phill Harvey-Smith
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] not generating undeliverable mail messages
Peter Bowyer wrote:
> On 09/01/07, Phill Harvey-Smith <phill@???> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> You can configure the behaviour at this point - whether you blackhole
> them or reject them is up to you - rejecting is generally better
> because a non-zero percentage will be genuine mis-typed addresses
> which should be notified to the sender.


However, rejecting however will still send a copy of the email back to
the supposed sender, which for the most part will be spam, rather than a
genuine email, so the overall effect is that someone still gets spammed.

Dunno If there's a good solution to that problem tho :)

Cheers.

Phill.

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Phill Harvey-Smith, Computer Technician,
Department of Biological Sciences, Warwick University.
Email: phill@???, Phone: 024 7652 8385.
"The Days' as dark as the night is long" -- U2, Ultraviolet.