> >> > Is there away to eliminate double bounces? > >> > > >> > I am specifically concerned with the following scenario: Spam sent to > >> > inexistant local addresses is initially accepted by courier, > >> > >> Courier does not accept mail to nonexistent local addresses. > >> > >> Problem solved.
I just verified this not to be true in my case. I removed the default alias for my primary local domain, sent a message, and the message was accepted by SMTP and then resulted in a bounce message. Of course if their is a way to configure this differently I would love to know. > > I setup the virtual domains using the webadmin tool. Looking at the > > configuration files, it appears to be adding an alias of the form: > > > > @domain.org: domain > > > > And then .courier-username files in the domain account deliver some of > > the mail to local users or forward it on to an external email address. > > What concerns me, however, is that any mail not matching one of the > > dotfiles is bounced, and when the From address was forged, a double > > bounce is then delivered to the postmaster. > > Check whether the domain account home directory has global read and execute > permissions. When receiving mail, courieresmtpd runs as the courier user. > If it has read and execute permissions on the home directory it will refuse > to accept any mail that does not have a matching .courier-username file. I made all home directories world readable (the .courier files already were), and I still experience the same problem as before. Specifically, mail to non-existant local users and virtual domain addresses that are not handled by existing dotfiles is first accepted by SMTP and then results in the bounce message: <<< 550 User unknown. I would prefer behavior similar to that achieved with the BOFH filters, where SMTP connections addressed to addresses that could not be delivered/processed would simply be refused rather than accepted and then bounced. Is there a way to configure courier to do this? thanks, Charles -- Water heater Out of kilter Try the brushless Whisker Wilter Burma-Shave http://frogcircus.org/burmashave/1935/water_heater ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
