Re: Problems with $mydomain entries in virtual

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Old 10-19-2004
Michael
 
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Default Re: Problems with $mydomain entries in virtual

>> > Why on earth do you do this? You should not discard mail to invalid
>> > recipients.

>>
>> Well, I thought that was the best way to eliminate spam ... better tha=

n
>> telling the spammers that the users don't exist.

>
> No, the right approach is to reject invalid recipients. The spammers
> will send to all addresses you accept. Always saying "yes" gives you
> no advantage.
>
> Don't optimize your system for spammers, optimize it for legitimate mai=

l.
> A legitimate sender who mistypes an address should receive a bounce.


OK

Since no one seems to like me routing messages to /dev/null then I will
stop doing that.

But that does not eliminate the problem ... it only changes the
undesirable behavior.

In order to eliminate this 'noise' I will reconfigure and repost with the
new problem.


Michael

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