MIMEDefang's action_bounce()

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Dan Ferreira wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> Is there a MailScanner equivalent to MIMEDefang's action_bounce()?
>
>
> action_bounce() rejects an email at the SMTP level, that is, it sends
> a 5xx error to the SMTP client/relay instead of normally accepting
> responsability for delivering the email. That way your server doesn't
> have to waste resources sending a bounce or rejection email to the
> sender, because it's now the SMTP client/relay's responsability.
>
>
> Another question: I have MailScanner + Sendmail installed and I REALLY
> need this feature. If this can't be done with MailScanner alone, are
> there any known problems to using MIMEDefang + MailScanner + Sendmail?
>
>
> I couldn't find anything on action_bounce or SMTP bounce in the
> mailing list archives, so any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

MailScanner doesn't talk SMTP.  It may sound like a disadvantage, but I
don't think it is.  So I guess the answer is no.

>
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> Dan Ferreira
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