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List:       exim-users
Subject:    Re: [exim] Stop responding to bounces?
From:       David Woodhouse <dwmw2 () infradead ! org>
Date:       2010-08-20 17:18:07
Message-ID: 1282324687.25239.55.camel () localhost
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On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 01:07 +0800, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote:
> > However, it's possible that something in the system you describe is
> > broken, and is sending an autoresponse or a bounce to the From: address
> > instead of to the return-path. Find *that* and fix it, rather than
> > mangling the From: address to be empty.
> 
> Does the "system you describe is broken" refers to my mail server or
> the sender's mail server? 

I meant the whole system, comprising of two or more computers which may
or may not be under your control.

> If it's the sender's server, I don't think there's much I could do
> apart from emailing them and hoping the admin bothers. 

If I don't get a prompt response from postmaster@ when I report such an
error, I tend to report it as network abuse to the entity responsible
for the IP addresses in question. It is a denial of service attack
waiting to happen. Or, in your case, actually happening.

-- 
dwmw2


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