* Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> [2012-09-11 19:23 -0400]: > Even if the local delivery agent rejected non-existent extensions, > Postfix would still have to stop "invalid" addresses at the SMTP > daemon to avoid becoming a backscatter source.
Indeed, that's what I am trying to assure (not becoming a backscatter source, that is). > <snips> > > It does not grope around in user's home directories. And that's what I was confirming, thanks! * Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> [2012-09-11 19:14 -0400]: > Yes, this discussion is about stopping unwanted extensions at the SMTP > daemon. > > I fully agree stopping them after they've been accepted from the > network (ie. bounce/DSN/discard them) is at best pointless, at worst > will get you blacklisted. Yep - I tried that in my early days of running an SMTP server, and got sufficiently smacked not to do it again (it still stings! ;). Regards, and thanks for the suggestions and reminders, -- dave [ please don't CC me ]
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