Re: backscatter

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 10:23 +0100, kj wrote:
> K bharathan wrote:
> > the following is the log from my gateway to a subdomain;  there are lot 
> > <> sender mails are going; is it backscatter?;  some are rejected on the 
> > basis of header-checks; the owner of the subdomain has got a mail 
> > server; how can i prevent this
> 
> It becomes backscatter if the recipient server rejects the mail and 
> you're stuck with it.  So the solution is simple: don't relay mail for 
> someone who doesn't accept all mail from you.  Or work with them so that 
> you have the same header checks and other criteria, so that your server 
> will refuse to accept anything that their server will reject.
> 
> Still, on their side, if they have a relay in front of them, they should 
> be accepting all mail from the relay and discard stuff they don't want, 
> instead of rejecting it.
> 
> --kj
What I suggest you do is set up some kind of forwarding for Postscatter
so it is sent to: wietse <at> porcupine.org. I wish everyone who suffers
Postscatter would do it. Then perhaps the ignorant retarded f&ckwit may
get the fhking message.