OT: Sendmail REJECT or DISCARD preference

[Peter Farrow]

Matt Kettler wrote:
> Peter Farrow wrote:
>
>> Well, actually my practical experience says exactly the opposite, I 
>> have quite an extensive evolved access list on my sendmail MTA with 
>> over 1000 discards in it.  Once this was implemented it greatly 
>> reduced to cr*p that was ending up in the postmaster addresses.  
>
> as compared to REJECT?
>
> Clearly there's something wrong with your MTA if REJECT is causing 
> stuff to end up in your postmaster box.
>
> Unless of course you've got a secondary MX which lacks the same REJECT 
> clause... However, that's just a mistake on the part of configuring 
> your secondaries.
>
>
>
Not at all...