Hi On 3 September 2010 14:04, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> wrote: > > This tells postfix to accept any re...@* address, for any domain postfix > accepts mail for. If postfix can't deliver to the computed recipient, it > will be bounced. Not good. Worst case: your server is blacklisted as a
accepting reg-...@* for all domain I host, is exactly what I want... What's wrong with the email being bounced if the $1 doesn't exist ; if you had sent to $1 directly, it would have bounced just the same no? I just tried sending to an incorrect recipient: reg-jya23-t...@domain.com. I got the following back: <jy...@domain.com>: user unknown So far it's doing what I expect it too. > backscatter source and your queue is so clogged with undeliverable mail that > it takes hours to deliver legit mail. > > You may be able to minimize the problem by using > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > permit_mynetworks > permit_sasl_authenticated > reject_unauth_destination > reject_unverified_recipient > ... other local rules ... > > http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_VERIFICATION_README.html#recipient > > but that's just lipstick on a pig. > The real solution is to make sure your canonical maps (and > virtual_alias_maps) only match deliverable recipients. I'm only trying to achieve what I could extremely simply do with sendmail :(
