Chris Johnson writes: > On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 12:08:23PM -0300, Eric Dahnke wrote: > > Hello List, > > > > With other mailers upon sending a message with a bad domain, the sender > > receives a rather quick return message saying that the mailer was unable > > to deliver the message, but will continue trying for a predetermined > > number of attempts/time. > > > > Qmail does this, but does not kick a message back to the user telling > > them so. Is there a way to configure qmail to send that message. > > The stock qmail doesn't do it. It most certainly does. If the DNS returns a temporary failure code, mail is held. If DNS returns an authoritative domain not exists error, the mail is immediately bounced. -- Sam
