OT: Sendmail REJECT or DISCARD preference

[Peter Farrow]

Peter Farrow wrote:
> 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...
BTW all my secondaries use the same configuration. Read my subsequent 
post, then I think you'll get what I am talking about...