Hello, wietse My operating system is centos6.2/64bit, It has postfix 2.6.6 itself, I tar the new postfix 2.9.3 Does this patch work in the 2.6.6 and 2.9.3 both? Does this patch work in centos 6.2/32bits? Would you show me the details about how to use this patch? Thank you very much
2012/6/12 Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-us...@dukhovni.org> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:33:01AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Viktor Dukhovni: > > > > -o soft_bounce=yes > > > > -o smtp_fallback_relay=relayusa.example.com > > > > > > That said, neither form will forward rejected mail to the fallback > > > relay. The soft-bounce feature operates at the wrong layer for that > > > to happen. First the SMTP delivery agent gives up on the rejected > > > > That seems to violate the principle of least astonishment. Conceptually, > > soft-bounce means treat 5xx replies as 4xx replies. > > > > [I also recall that this came up a few years ago, but then there > > was no time to address this properly]. > > Thanks, yes I think this came up before. While the patch crosses > abstraction boundaries by exposing soft_bounce above the bounce > routines, the result is less surprising to users and the new > code fits reasonably cleanly into smtp(8). > > The OP will need to apply the patch or wait for an upgrade to the > next snapshot release. > > -- > Viktor. >
