Jason Gauthier:
> >>
> >> Good to know. Definitely meant REJECT, versus bounce. I used the
> >> phrase bouncer as a metaphor to the large bodyguards that
> >> stereotypically guard a club from unwanted guests. ;)
>
> >Do you know what 'xyz.com' will be doing with mail you send to them where
> >the address isn't valid on their system?
>
> Well, xyz.com will be mine. So I am not sending them email. I want to mak
>-e sure that once the domain is transferred that anyone who is emailing them
>-I can accept and the business can handle those customers appropriately. Eve
>-n though we do not know what email addresses are valid for that domain prese
>-ntly, and will have no way of knowing.
What happens when Postfix accepts mail for a non-existent recipient
in xyz.com?
a) Will you silently throw it away even if it is an honest typo,
leaving the legitimate sender in the dark?
b) Will you return it to the sender as non-deliverable, even if 90%
will have a false sender address, and you're only making the spam
problem worse?
If you accept mail without knowing that the recipient is valid, then
that is the choice that you have.
Wietse
