On 9/26/10 6:23 PM, Stefan Monnier at monn...@iro.umontreal.ca wrote: >> Postfix attempts to return bounced mail to the envelope sender address. >> If postfix receives a permanent error when trying to deliver the bounce >> message to the envelope sender, then the mail is discarded to prevent loops. >> Evidence of what happened and why is always recorded in the mail log. > > I understand it can't send it anywhere (at least in my case, if the > relayhost rejects the message, there's nowhere to send the message > and/or the bounce), but can't it save the email in some local file, > at least? > Especially when the email originated locally (i.e. was not received via > SMTP but via /usr/sbin/sendmail)?
Postfix is a Mail TRANSFER Agent; it is not a Mail STORAGE Agent. Think of it like a bricks and mortar post office and mail. If mail is undeliverable, it is returned to the return address. Once returned, the post office is done with it; the post office does not archive a copy. If the mail cannot be returned to the return address, it is for all practical purposes discarded. -- Larry Stone lston...@stonejongleux.com http://www.stonejongleux.com/
