On 04 Nov 2013, at 16:50 , Jim Wright <j...@wrightthisway.com> wrote:
> On Nov 4, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Ian Evans <dheianev...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've read tutorials and the backscatter/local recipient pages and my postfix >> is still sending out bounce message instead of just dropping the >> connections. I want to be a good netizen so want to nip this in the bud. > > Normally, bouncing undeliverable messages is the proper behavior for a good > netizen. *NEVER* Bounce. Ever. Reject, yes. Bounce? Absolutely never. If you bounce a message to me, you get put on the deepest darkest shitlist imaginable where you *never* get removed. > Why are you being rude and dropping the connection? Doing this to a > properly configured mail server will just cause them to retry the delivery > until they hit their retry limit. I think you are confusing reject and bounce. -- Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change?
