On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:58:58PM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote: > It is quite annoying to have a volley of bounce mail form > non-existent/(re)moved mailboxes. > > Can't we somehow limit this? I recall in other newsgroups software, several > bounced(reply) emails to a periodic (monthly? bimonthly?) ping would > automatically retire the email in question (perhaps after a warning or > something such).
We do. You are seeing the 1% that have odd bounce setups that defeat the automated bounce processing. The fact that the bounce comes to you and not the list will also give you a hint as to why it is hard to catch these :) When time permits I also examine bounces I receive from sending messages like this, the List Charter, etc. This is not a fun task. As a general point, please do not post administrivia to the list unless absolutely necessary - email me directly in the first instance, thanks. Cheers - John _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
