smtp vrfy

[Quentin Campbell]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
>bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Simon Jones
>Sent: 06 November 2007 09:23
>To: MailScanner discussion
>Subject: RE: smtp vrfy
>
[snip]
>Hi, that's exactly what I'm trying to do - I run a server with a
generic
>public domain with lots of users on it - the domain has been around for
>12 years so attracts mucho canned meat of the spam variety.  All I want
>mailscanner to do is say to the destination server "hey there, do you
>have this address?" before actually sending the message, which would
>take some pressure off the spooler on the destination server.
>[snip]

Although this is of no use to Simon, it is an opportunity to remind
sites using Sendmail as their MTA that they can run 'milter-ahead' (from
Snertsoft) to get this functionality. 

Quentin