On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 11:25:01PM -0400, Lenny Mastrototaro wrote:
> I'm getting more and more frustrated with email zines sent
> from [what I think are] misconfigured mail servers. I'd like
> to make sure I'm right before I follow up with the offending
> postmasters.
>
> An MX record must contain a domain name, not an IP address, right?
Correct. An MX may _only_ contain a domain name. This domain name itself
should be an A record pointing to an IP. Don't use CNAMEs here.
> How do you effectively deal with ezines that have bad envelope
> senders? I've come across many that use the default Return-Path:
> even though there's no MTA listening there, nor is there a
> valid MX record.
They'll just double/triplebounce I suppose...
> Note, I can't just block this mail because it is important
> to my users. The problems arise when a user leaves or
> subscribes with a misspelled address. The bounces can't
> get back to the sender and so they don't get automagically
> unsubscribed until I deal with it manually.
Hmm that _is_ a good point. I'd say get out your LARTstick and let those
admins know what they're doing wrong..
> BTW, I'm using a stock qmail 1.0.1 installation.
Hmm why not upgrade to 1.03?
Greetz, Peter
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