Re: [exim] Unwanted bounce messages generated locally

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Author: Ian Eiloart
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To: Yves Goergen, Nigel Metheringham
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Unwanted bounce messages generated locally


--On 21 February 2008 17:13:38 +0100 Yves Goergen
<nospam.list@???> 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? I
> guess you have never used a postmaster address in your life nor looked
> into the log files of a mail server close enough. If you had, you'd see
> that the *only* purpose of a postmaster address in the real world is to
> accept spam.


I monitor my postmaster address. It's true that most of the email there is
spam, but lately it's dropped off a lot. I do get a significant number of
support requests through postmaster. It's the first place that I go to
report problems with email on other domains. I often get responses from
postmaster addresses.

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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
x3148