Re: [vps-mail] bouncebacks going to postmaster instead of sender

[Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 06:31:51PM +0200, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> So, a "bounce" comes from the recipient's ISP while a "reject"
> notification comes from the sender's ISP.

"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation"  (H. H. Munroe)

;-)

The distinction is a fine one, especially when you consider MTAs like
qmail, which accept all mail by default (qmail has a performance
bias, which causes problems when the bulk of the mail is bogus), and
then have to generate the DSN post-facto, which effectively becomes a
bounce for the same reason that sendmail (by default) would instantly
generate a DSN (unless the domain has a virtmap catchall, etc.).

Anyway, good clarification there, Godwin. Thanks.

Scott
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