Re: [Dbmail] (no subject)

[Jim Douglas]

From: Paul J Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Dbmail] (no subject)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:27:23 +0100

Yes Jim,

setting up a local_recipients_map is a *good* thing.


Jim Douglas wrote:
> I am a victim of massive amounts or email being rejected(that did not
> originate from my server) and sent to a user that does not exist on my
> server, which in turn gets forwarded to the admin email address.  I want
> to Reject Unknown Local Recipients with Postfix/DBMAIL.
>
> This is what's happening,
> http://www.postfix.org/BACKSCATTER_README.html
>
> I have this setting in mail.cf,
> mailbox_transport = dbmail-lmtp:localhost:24
> local_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/sql-recipients.cf
>
> this is sql-recipients.cf,
> user = dbmail
> password = mypw
> hosts = localhost
> dbname = dbmail
> table = dbmail_aliases
> select_field = alias
> where_field = alias
>
> And the postfix docs say,
>
> "If a local username or address is not listed in $local_recipient_maps,
> then the Postfix SMTP server will reject the address with "User unknown
> in local recipient table"
>
> http://www.postfix.org/LOCAL_RECIPIENT_README.html..
>
> ...is this a dbmail config setting I need to change?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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Why?

I have to weed through 500+ emals at this point and I'm trying to weight the 
pros and cons.

Jim

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