On 6/23/08, Christian Purnomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have done some testing re option #2 below, it seems that MS Exchange > 2003 does not 'reject non-existent user' upon probing hence I have to > cross this out (unless I'm wrong on this). I tested this by doing a few > test injections to the Exchange server and all invalid recipients were > simply accepted by exchange smtp. > > Option #1 is feasible, I have done some googling and noticed there 2 > ways to do this, active vs passive where active is to get the exhcnage > query the AD and passive is where you regularly do a full export of the > email addresses in AD and feed them into postfix. I'm testing the > 'active' at present. > > Thanks for your input. > > CP >
Passive is typically used so AD does not get hammered. Fortunately you can (and should) configure Exchange 2003 to reject mail to invalid users. I have not done this myself, but this might be the way to do it: https://support.interjuncture.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=25 -- Gary V ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
