OT: Sendmail REJECT or DISCARD preference

Peter Farrow peter at farrows.org
Fri Mar 28 17:34:30 GMT 2008


Matt Kettler wrote:
> Peter Farrow wrote:
>
>>> Steve.
>> If you reject,  and its spoofed you'll get it back anyway, so you end 
>> up receiving and then storing it in the postmaster address, it is 
>> always best to discard in this scenario...or even worse bouncing it 
>> again
>>
>
> Stop confusing REJECT with post delivery bouncing :) See my other post 
> in this thread.
I am talking about sendmail access file entries at the MTA level.... 
nothing else...my point is the general notice supplied in the REJECT 
directive often ends up coming back round...I've seen it many times..


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