Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Discard bounce notification emails before they are sent
On 2011-03-04 23:56, luda posch wrote: > It seems my question was misunderstood again, let me explain in as much
> detail as I can.
>
> My server, is a relay server, it delivers mail received from other servers I
> control and delivers them remotely to wherever the mail should need to go,
> like gmail aol yahoo etc.. Now if my relay server receives an incoming
> email for "notreal@???" and attempts to deliver it to gmail, gmail
> will bounce the email back. Now my server tries to deliver this bounce
> notification to the original sender
You've already gone wrong by this point. Rewind.
> My server, is a relay server, it delivers mail received from other servers I
> control and delivers them remotely to wherever the mail should need to go,
> like gmail aol yahoo etc.. Now if my relay server receives an incoming
> email for "notreal@???"
Reject this mail. Do not accept it. Do not let it become your problem.
Decide to reject it by asking gmail if it is a valid mail, and discovering that
it is not. This is called a "recipient verify callout".
