>> >> > I take the opportunity of this thread to ask about one behaviour, that I > think is not uncommon. Has sense today to set defaults destiny values > for spam to D_BOUNCE? I mean this: today 99.9% of SPAM comes from > a faked email address, so bouncing it to the sender means to a faked > sender which might be: > > a) not the real sender, but an not existing email address b) an existing > email address, but not the real sender. > > Now supposing the amavis is bundled with postfix as MTA|MDA in case a) > we have > that the server is trying to deliver the bounced email over and over to > a non-existing address (usually for 5 days). Soon you'll have the mail > queues full of undeliverable spam which remains there trying for days > and days.
pre-queue filtering and D_REJECT is an option. but you'll need a fast server if you have a lot of mail traffic. http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_PROXY_README.html downside is, that you can't use policy banks to distinguish "originating" and "external" mails, as there is no option to define 2 proxies. - Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
