mails stay in queue

Hi there,

When I look in my queue with postqueue -p I find many entries like

ABE3E1A0075 7991 Sat Jul 31 18:38:38 MAILER-DAEMON
(host mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.166.230] said: 550 Requested action not taken:
mailbox unavailable (in reply to RCPT TO command))
Aethelredasexy@hotmail.com

The mail exists because of the antivirus-software of customer of me - it's
not an open relay. He persists on sending "antivirus-notifications". I've
discussed that for many hours with him - he's the boss ;-)

Ok, now that mail lives inside my postfix and it can't be delivered. Sure,
it's a faked mail-address.


My question is:
Why does it stay queued? A 5xx error code should tell postfix that it is
undeliverable. Postfix could "dequeue" it.
At least it is no 4xx errorcode, these mails should be retried until
"maximal_queue_lifetime" is reached.

Is there a main.cf switch to handle that behaviour?


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with kind regards

Sven Putze
http://my-bluetooth.de
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