Firstly, please keep the bitching off the list, gentlemen. Take it
somewhere else.
On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 17:13 +0100, Yves Goergen wrote: > So as you were so kind to squal on me, do you have any solid reasons why
> today (in the year 2008) anybody would need a postmaster mailbox?
Because "postmaster@domain" is the RFC mandated method of contacting a
given domain to deal with email problems. If you, someone else running
hundreds/thousands/millions of domains, everyone and their dog starts to
keep their own methods of contact, we've gone to Hell in a handcart [1].
In theory, the mailbox on the end of it should not be filtered, although
as you mention this is getting to be an insensible concept these days.
However, most well-run email domains still use postmaster as their
primary contact for email problems, abuse as their abuse contact, and so
on, and so forth. It's known as Best Current Practice.
If it doesn't work for you, then feel free to drop the practice but make
careful personal note that you are dropping basic interoperability
practices with other domains. That's why we have RFCs - they stop
everyone making their own rules.
Graeme
[1] OK, so Comcast, Virgin, BT, yadda yadda yadda are apparently
exempt...
