[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       fetchmail-friends
Subject:    [fetchmail] Re: Multidrop Bounce
From:       Bill Michell <bill () mics ! org ! uk>
Date:       2003-03-24 11:42:35
[Download RAW message or body]

Maarten Bezemer writes: 

> Hi, 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Ben Clewett wrote: 
> 
>> I really need email to bounce, as I am in competition with some MS 
>> products with do bounce.  (Probably when they should not, but hay...) 
>> I'm looking at the code to see if I can easily hack it, and wonder if 
>> anybody could give me some advice...  (Sorry about English, I is very 
>> dyslexic)
> 
> Did you look at bSMTP? In 'professional' setups fetchmail may not always
> be what you want. When MS products are in the competition there should be
> no problems with money, so having the mail delivered through bSMTP instead
> of one 'cheap' pop-box shouldn't be a problem. If you run your own SMTP
> server, it can generate the bounces for you. 
> 
> Having your SMTP listener do the bounces does however not _require_
> bSMTP. You can also have fetchmail forward everything to your local SMTP
> listener and configure that listener to accept everything and send out
> bounce mails for undeliverable adresses. (That is: do not send 550
> responses to fetchmail but accept first and bounce later).
> This does require some tweaks in your SMTP listener configuration, but it
> is not impossible. Depending on the mailer, it may even be quite simple. 
> 
Simply placing a "dumb" smarthost between fetchmail and your own real smtp 
server will probably be enough, and may also help increase security. The 
dumb smarthost accepts everything (though respects anti-relaying rules) and 
messages are only bounced when the dumb smarthost tries to deliver the 
message to your real SMTP server. I do this using "free" software without 
any tweaks. 

-- 
Bill Michell
bill@mics.org.uk 

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]