On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:37 PM, mouss <mo...@ml.netoyen.net> wrote: > unlist an address after some bounces. for this, you will probably need > VERP (if the bounce is received from a remote system, it is hard to find > out the recipient, because of "remote" aliases, forwarding, ...).
Ah, OK, as mentioned in my initial email we already have our own home-rolled solution for this which seems to work well. But I'll take a look at VERP anyway, whatever that is. > it is generally wise to use a mailing list manager (mailman and sympa > are good choices). because these already have a lot of functionality > that will make your life easier. That is something I recommended when I started here but they've got so much home-rolled already that it is more effort than it is worth to switch. And what is there does not seem too bad, really. > The bounce is sent to the envelope sender, the address that is put in > the MAIL FROM command (not headers). > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_sender Sweet! That's what I was hoping to hear! I've really got to brush up on my SMTP - going to buy one of the Postfix books actually. > If mail is an important subject for you (professionally or not), you > need to get a good understanding of how it works. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail Yes, this is high on my list right now. Thanks. I used to have a pretty good idea but that was quite a few years ago and I'm very rusty. But I also have to learn more than I used to know, thus the mention of the book. > you need an MX for the domains you use in the envelope sender and > From/reply-To headers, not for a "box". The MX says which server to send > this or that mail to. So let's assume I have mail.example.com as my Kerio server, at IP 10.11.12.13, and relay.example.com as my new Postfix server, at 10.11.15.16. I currently have an MX for Kerio and it points at mail.example.com Do I need one as well to point at relay.example.com? And if so, how would I weight it? I know, I know, read the fine manual :-) I will, I promise :-) > make sure you have a working postmaster and abuse addresses. google for > more infos ("list management best practices", ... etc). I will - thanks. -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"
