I hadn't realized that it blocks them at the smtp level. That's a great place to do it. But as you noted, I was having the problem for non-valid recipients so I had figured it was best to just delete them. However now that Jake has told me otherwise I've set it to bounce.
Thanks John On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Johannes Weberhofer, Weberhofer GmbH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bounce setting on qmt actually rejects accepting mails at SMTP level instead > of bouncing the message. > > You are right, bouncing messages (esp. for non-existing recipients) can > cause backscatters: it can make your server to a spam-relay which bounces > spams or viruses back to faked senders who are the final messages' > receipients. > > Johannes > > Tek Support schrieb: >> >> Jake, I'll try changing it to bounce and I'll get back to you. But >> doesn't the "bounce" create more traffic? What I've thought happens >> is that we get the original spam for a non-valid account, we send out >> a bounce, and then that bounce gets bounced back to us because the >> sender didn't really exist. I know that somewhere the bounce gets >> stopped, but is it after I've sent mine, or is it after they've sent >> their bounce? Kind of seems like a waste of bandwidth and resources >> if 2 bounces get sent, or even if I'm bouncing to a non-valid original >> sender. >> >> As for the wiki instructions - I have mis-understood them. It says to >> use "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) as the >> recipient. It seemed to me that this meant I could send it to anyone >> even a user on the same domain. It might be helpful to say what you >> told me here, "do not use a valid domain" for the recipient or >> something like that as I never would have understood that from just >> the example. >> >> And are there any instructions or suggestions on viewing this new >> non-valid Inbox from sqmail or some other reader - so I can validate >> whats going on since the [EMAIL PROTECTED] domain doesn't really exist? >> Perhaps sqmail will let me login as that user since it has the domain >> and user in vpopmail? I'll try that too. >> >> Thanks >> John >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:35 AM, Jake Vickers<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Tek Support wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a few questions in answering your suggestions. >>>> >>>> 1) In qmailadmin there is such a thing as a "catchall", but I don't >>>> have any "catchall" setup as such. >>>> >>>> 2) My .qmail-default covers this account and it says delete. >>>> --.qmail-default-- >>>> | /home/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail '' delete >>>> --end-- >>>> >>> It will accept email for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete messages to unknown >>> users >>> this way. Try changing it to bounce and see if that eliminates your >>> problem. >>> >>>> 3) You said don't do this: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> But in the instructions it says to do exactly that. If I don't do >>>> that, then what am I supposed to do? >>>> >>>> >>> Then the instructions are wrong. If you're talking about the wiki, I'll >>> change them. >>> You need to create a new domain on the machine - it does not have to be a >>> real domain. It could be a fake domain called "tap.mydomain.com", and you >>> send the emails to an address at the fake domain. This will stop the >>> circular loop you've got. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted<http://www.vr.org> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted<http://www.vr.org> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > -- > > > |--------------------------------- > | weberhofer GmbH | Johannes Weberhofer > | information technologies > | Austria, 1080 Wien, Blindengasse 52/3 > |----------------------------------------------------------->> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
