qmail undeliverables - return to sender?
Hi - I am new to this mailing list and to qmail, so if my question is worded incorrectly - please be patient with me. I want to have e-mails with an incorrect recipient name/address to be returned to the sender immediately -- can this be done? If so, how? I would prefer not to alter the queuelifetime, as a server down is a different problem altogether than an incorrect address. Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :) Joy Hundley Internet Services Service Transport 800-528-1616 ext. 240 Visit us on the Web at www.service-transport.com
Re: qmail undeliverables - return to sender?
Joy Hundley wrote: Hi - I am new to this mailing list and to qmail, so if my question is worded incorrectly - please be patient with me. I want to have e-mails with an incorrect recipient name/address to be returned to the sender immediately -- can this be done? If so, how? I would prefer not to alter the queuelifetime, as a server down is a different problem altogether than an incorrect address. Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :) Joy Hundley Internet Services Service Transport 800-528-1616 ext. 240 Visit us on the Web at www.service-transport.com you need to use the .qmail-default. So I would read up the DOC. REMO
Re: qmail undeliverables - return to sender?
Joy Hundley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to have e-mails with an incorrect recipient name/address to be returned to the sender immediately -- can this be done? If so, how? I would prefer not to alter the queuelifetime, as a server down is a different problem altogether than an incorrect address. qmail already does this. If qmail receives a message (via SMTP, or through qmail-inject, etc) for a domain which resides on the same machine (the domain is local or virtual), and the local-part of the address does not match, qmail will inject a bounce message into the queue and remove the original message from the queue. If qmail is attempting to deliver a message to a remote server, and the remote server responds with a permanent failure code (for No such user, etc), qmail will inject a bounce message into the queue and remove the original message from the queue. Messages only sit in the queue for any significant length of time when either qmail has trouble establishing a connection to the remote server, qmail is at its concurrency limit for an extended period of time, or a local or remote delivery is deferred by a temporary (rather than permanent) error. Charles -- --- Charles Cazabon[EMAIL PROTECTED] GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. ---
Re: qmail undeliverables - return to sender?
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 10:45:45AM -0500, Joy Hundley wrote: Hi - I am new to this mailing list and to qmail, so if my question is worded incorrectly - please be patient with me. I want to have e-mails with an incorrect recipient name/address to be returned to the sender immediately -- can this be done? If so, how? I would prefer not to alter the queuelifetime, as a server down is a different problem altogether than an incorrect address. This should already be done, in both possible cases. Case 1: Sender relaying from your server*. qmail delivers it, the remote server bounces it with 5.1.1. (IIRC) No such user, qmail delivers the bounce. Takes place very quickly. * Or sending directly from your server, or whatever. Case 2: Message to your server, with invalid local recipient. qmail accepts the message, dumps it in the queue, and attempts delivery. Delivery fails with (again IIRC) 5.1.1., no such user. qmail delivers bounce to sending SMTP server. Sending SMTP server delivers bounce. Takes place very quickly. Which case are you perceiving a problem with? GW
