On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Vijay Rajah <m...@rvijay.me> wrote: > How do I configure postfix to drop the mail rather than reject? Is it > configurable? I have already configured my servers to REJECT all mails > not-intended to my domains and non-exsistant users and I do not accept mails > from non-exsistant domains. Is this enough?
Depending on your setup, you should try to anticipate all situations where a bounce can happen and try to handle that ( REJECT) before accept it. After you accept it, you have two options: a) You have a rare and catastrophic situation the you should bounce to notify the sender. b) You are doing content-filter and detect spam or virus ( or any other similar reason) and the you should DISCARD or HOLD ( quarantine ) the message. > What do I do when I accept an email, only to later find out the user's quota > is full? (it only recently that dovecot has an way for REJECTING mail on > such cases). Do I Bounce that email or drop the mail (After I have accepted > it? Surely, in this scenario the correct thing would be to BOUNCE is it > not?)? > > I'm just trying to understand the ways to prevent BOUNCEs.. Check this: http://sys4.de/en/blog/2013/04/08/postfix-dovecot-mailbox-quota/ José Borges Ferreira
