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On 3 Dec 99, at 16:49, Will Harris wrote:
> > > note the strange "from" address #@[].
> >
> > It's what qmail uses for double bounces (ie. the letter bounced
> > back to envelope sender, and the bounce bounced as well).
>
> not particularly informative on qmail's part...
That's by design. doublebounce sender is supposed to be easily
recognized, and certainly non-existent. If a bounced double-bounce
(ie. a triple bounce) is not properly identified, you're creating
endless bounce-mailloops.
> > Check who's the target of double bounces (man qmail-control, files
> > doublebouncehost and doublebounceto). Try to make that a local
> > user.
>
> target is postmaster, postmaster is an alias for my user, and I have a
> .qmail file pointing to my main email address at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> What's wrong with that?
Nothing wrong, except the MTA at ifi.unizh.ch. Either fix that, or
don't have postmaster mail delivered there.
> Normal mail gets through fine, and other mail
> directed to postmaster also works fine. I could make myself or postmaster
> a local user, but that's not particularly convenient.
Tough luck.
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