RE: [cobalt-users] Trash mails to nonexistent users?

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is there a way to delete mails sent to non-existent users?
> 
> I'm a relative newbie, so bear with me. Can't seem to find 
> anything in the archives, but maybe I'm using the wrong keywords.
> 
> Lots of emails coming in to non-existent users lately. The 
> server attempts to reply with a "non-existent user" response, 
> finds that the sender is also non-existent, because, of 
> course, it's spam. The server then sends the postmaster a 
> "Postmaster notify" message. Even worse is when the sender's 
> entire domain doesn't exist, in which case the message stays 
> around, the mailer tries to repeatedly send the "non-existent 
> user" response for five days. Then finally sends a 
> "Postmaster notify" message.
> 
> So is there a way to just immediately throw away any messages 
> to non-existent users on the server?

Is this a RaQ? If so, "No such user" messages happen during the SMTP and
there is no email on your system. I can't think of any way what you're
describing could be generated by your RaQ.
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C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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