On Friday 18 April 2008 18:56:08 Charles Marcus wrote: > On 4/18/2008, Andreas Ntaflos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Is there anything Dovecot itself can do to reject or handle mail to > > invalid virtual users? > > Not directly - the solution, as you surmised, earlier, is to use the > same db backend for your users. > > > Or does this situation *have* to be dealt with > > earlier, by the MTA? > > Yes, it *must* be done at the MTA, otherwise you accept-then-bounce, > which makes you a backscatter source, and will quickly get you > blacklisted...
Charles, Ed, thank you very much for your insightful replies. Andreas -- Andreas "daff" Ntaflos Vienna, Austria GPG Fingerprint: 6234 2E8E 5C81 C6CB E5EC 7E65 397C E2A8 090C A9B4
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