On 25 Jun 2009, at 06:41, chrille112 wrote:
>
> I'm trying to completely remove all e-mails that are not addressed
> to a valid
> local user. I get a whole lot of spam to my domain, and as it is
> configured
> now - all emails are bounced back to spammer.
>
> I have added a catchall of /dev/null in vexim, and exim main log
> looks like
> this:
> 2009-06-25 07:31:23 1MJhYN-0006Ct-DH => /dev/null <blah@???>
> R=virtual_domains_catchall T=**bypassed**
>
> When I send mail to domain I don't get a bounce. Does that mean that
> my
> solution worked?
Yes - the transport is bypassed because it would just throw away the
mail.
But why are you doing this - you are now accepting mail (costing you
bandwidth, and potentially spam/virus scanning requirements) which you
throw away, making a black hole in a mail system (always a bad
thing). Reject the stuff at SMTP time and make it the problem of the
sending system.
Nigel.
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