Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-22 Thread Charles Marcus
On 1/22/2009, ram (r...@netcore.co.in) wrote: > I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they > can't and don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if > Planet-X hits Earth and that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs > always responds with: If they are that brain

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-22 Thread Mark Goodge
Gábor Lénárt wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:38:28PM -0600, Noel Jones wrote: [...] Also sounds as if you don't have a valid recipient list for these customers. Not OK. Your queue is likely filled with lots of undeliverable mail to unknown recipients, and undeliverable bounces to bogus sen

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-22 Thread Mark Goodge
ram wrote: On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 18:36 +0100, Gábor Lénárt wrote: Hei, I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: 45

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-22 Thread ram
On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 18:36 +0100, Gábor Lénárt wrote: > Hei, > > I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and > don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and > that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: > > 45

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-21 Thread Jim Wright
On Jan 21, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Gábor Lénárt wrote: 450 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO command)) if there is an invalid, non existing mail address there. However they argues that they would like us not to try to deliver mails again a

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-21 Thread Gábor Lénárt
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:38:28PM -0600, Noel Jones wrote: [...] > Also sounds as if you don't have a valid recipient list for these > customers. Not OK. Your queue is likely filled with lots of > undeliverable mail to unknown recipients, and undeliverable bounces to > bogus senders, plus you

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-21 Thread Gábor Lénárt
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:49:35PM -0500, Victor Duchovni wrote: [...] > Sorry, without an enhanced status code after the 450, you really don't > have anything to work with. The most plausible feature in this space is > "selective soft_bounce" where some, but not all, enhanced status codes > are do

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-21 Thread Wietse Venema
Noel Jones: > Also sounds as if you don't have a valid recipient list for > these customers. Not OK. Your queue is likely filled with > lots of undeliverable mail to unknown recipients, and > undeliverable bounces to bogus senders, plus you're sending > out backscatter to innocent parties. T

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-21 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 06:36:31PM +0100, G?bor L?n?rt wrote: > I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and > don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and > that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: > > 450

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-21 Thread Noel Jones
Gábor Lénárt wrote: Hei, I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: 450 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown

overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

2009-01-21 Thread Gábor Lénárt
Hei, I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: 450 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient ta