Matt Kettler wrote: > > No.. bounce after accept means to not validate the recipient until > after the whole SMTP session is done. > > ie: a server set up to queue and forward all mail for a domain to an > internal server without any checks of the recipient at all. Later the > internal server rejects the mail because the user doesn't exist, > resulting in a post-delivery bounce message being generated. > > Most servers of this sort also self-flood with double-bounce messages.
That's one of the reasons I scrapped the Symantec AntiVirus Gateway in favor of a linux box with SA and ClamAV. It just couldn't keep up with the flood of double-bounces. Not to mention having to do virus scans for all of the dictionary attacks. -- Bowie
