>> On Friday 10 June 2005 1:49 pm, Jason Haar wrote: >> > Jeremy Bowen wrote: >> > >Maybe my installation is non-standard but again, in my experience, the >> > >catch-all address collects this mail and doesn't subsequently bounce it so >> > >No, it's not broken. >> > >> > I do that too - but that's no standard feature - installing a >> > ~alias/qmail-default (it effectively matches all local users who don't >> > exist) >> >> OK. I've naievely assumed that the presence of >> a /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-default file was standard :-( >> >> > Time to start revising then! :-) >> >> Mea culpa. Goodbye qmail, Hello Postfix :-) >>
Hi, the presence of a qmail-default file (or its equivalent in a different mta) is not really a feature of the MTA but rather a decision by domain owners. Some (probably businesses) want to get all mails sent to them (so they can receive inquiries at salles@ or suport@ Others (probably sites supporting a lot of individuals) simply dont see any sense in receiving mail to nonexistent accounts Whether or not to reject these accounts right away or bounce them later is a different decision. There are a few scenarios where qmail, or some other mail agent, just puts all incoming mails into a cyrus store - in that case cyrus deals with the bad accounts unless the MTA is patched to look at the cyrus user list Wolfgang Hamann ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list Qmail-scanner-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
