nightmorph 07/06/25 09:03:37 Modified: mailfilter-guide.xml Log: added soft_bounce stuff per zlin's suggestion on bug 182323
Revision Changes Path 1.19 xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml?rev=1.19&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml?rev=1.19&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml?r1=1.18&r2=1.19 Index: mailfilter-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.18 retrieving revision 1.19 diff -u -r1.18 -r1.19 --- mailfilter-guide.xml 25 Apr 2007 07:26:49 -0000 1.18 +++ mailfilter-guide.xml 25 Jun 2007 09:03:37 -0000 1.19 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml,v 1.18 2007/04/25 07:26:49 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml,v 1.19 2007/06/25 09:03:37 nightmorph Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml"> @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>0.12</version> -<date>2007-04-25</date> +<version>0.13</version> +<date>2007-06-25</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -385,6 +385,25 @@ <c>smtp:mail.mydomain.tld:25000</c>. </note> +<p> +If your first attempts to send mail result in messages bouncing, you've likely +made a configuration error somewhere. Try temporarily enabling +<c>soft_bounce</c> while you work out your configuration issues. This prevents +postfix from bouncing mails on delivery errors by treating them as temporary +errors. It keeps mails in the mail queue until <c>soft_bounce</c> is disabled or +removed. +</p> + +<pre caption="Enabling soft_bounce"> +# <i>postconf -e "soft_bounce = yes"</i> +# <i>/etc/init.d/postfix reload</i> +</pre> + +<p> +Once you've finished creating a working configuration, be sure to disable +or remove <c>soft_bounce</c> and reload postfix. +</p> + </body> </section> <section> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
