At 9:22 AM +1000 2002/08/12, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> No. The outgoing headers include enough reply information for misdelivery
> to cause bounces to go into the ether, or to my ISP (_postmaster_ or
> suchlike at my ISP, not _me_) that this is the wrong approach.
Not if you set your envelope sender correctly. You have complete
control over this value, and if set properly, you can guarantee that
all bounces go back to this address. That is, unless the MTA at the
other end is seriously screwed-up, but then you can also control the
other headers that might potentially be used for those bounces, to
also ensure that they will go to the correct place.
> It is
> necessary that the first _mail_system_ that handle things be a valid
> standalone domain for this reason.
Again, this is a fallacy. Unless you have been running Internet
mail systems for many years and you really understand all the issues
involved, you should not be arguing points like this with people who
have been doing this sort of thing for a decade or more.
> So either one needs one's own domain
> and a full setup on the home box, or one needs to deliver directly to
> the ISP's SMTP service.
That would be the preferred method, yes. However, there are
alternatives that do not involve the creation of entirely new pieces
of code being written by people who don't really know what they're
doing.
--
Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
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