On 18 Apr 2019, at 13:15, ecsd <e...@transbay.net> wrote: > > The logs show that postfix examines the recipients before the milter is given > the chance to see them. > I have a milter that detects certain RCPT patterns harassing a domain name > and will discard (not bounce) the mail, > but that code cannot be reached because postfix will bounce for a bad > recipient before the milter sees anything, > and /all/ bad-recipient email is bounced. That is undesirable.
No, postfix does not bounce bad recipients, it rejects them. Yes, these are different, yes the difference is important. I cannot imagine a scenario in which rejecting bad emails is a bad idea, so I'm failing to see the problem. > Is there a way to put the milter first in examining email? I'm going to guess the answer is essentially no? I mean, you could disable all of postfix's checking and rely just on your milter, but that seems like a plan destined to blow up big time. -- "You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."
