[Dovecot] deliver rejection bounces

Seth Mattinen sethm at rollernet.us
Mon Jan 19 04:23:19 EET 2009


Timo Sirainen wrote:
> Is there any reason not to make (for v1.2)
> 
> 1) deliver -e behavior the defaut?

As long as -e still means EX_NOPERM and a new switch is picked for "send 
bounce ourselves". (Unless #2 happens.)


> 2) not even provide the option for the current default (have deliver 
> send bounces itself)?

As a mail admin, I never want to see deliver generating its own messages 
to potentially forged addresses and spamming innocent people. The MTA 
should do this during the SMTP transaction.

~Seth


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