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Title: drop mail to unknown users?
Post by: Drew on March 24, 2003, 06:19:55 PM

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to simply drop/discard mail to unknown users, instead of having it create a bounce - which ends up getting bounced back to me?  (See below detail on error.)

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Hi. This is the qmail-send program at nameremoved.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

:
Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)
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If not, are there detailed instructions somewhere on the e-smith site on stopping the 'doublebounce' issue?

Just curious why the 'stock' configuration allows for these double bounces - seems to me that 99% of the time a double bounce occurs due to spammers anyway.

Thanks,
Drew

Title: Re: drop mail to unknown users?
Post by: Steve on March 24, 2003, 07:29:48 PM

I would like to stop this also.  

Any help appreciated

Title: Re: drop mail to unknown users?
Post by: Cyrus Bharda on March 25, 2003, 12:33:18 AM

I used a rpm from Darrell May that does exactly this, its called mailfront mailrules if I remember correctly, but I do not know if it is compatible with 5.6 as I use 5.5 and it works perfectly!

I dont know where it is anymore as Darrell has moved all of his stuff to contribs.org and there is a mailfront rpm for 5.6, but I cannt seem to find his 5.5 rpm's so if you are using 5.5 email me off list and I can send you the files.

Cyrus Bharda