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RE: No Bounce Messages

From: Aaron Roberts (aarondomicilium.com)
Date: Tue Apr 13 2004 - 09:53:54 CDT


I wrote:
> werner.amoncase.co.at wrote:
>>> You have soft_bounce = yes in your configuration. Which tells
>>> Postfix to give temporary reject codes instead of permanent reject
>>> codes. If you told Postfix to give a permanent reject code, it
>>> would give one, then the SMTP client trying to send to your Postfix
>>> server would be expected to bounce the message immediately.
>>
>>> Aaron
>>
>> Sorry, i have definatly set soft_bounce to no, and there are still
>> no bounce messages.
>>
>> Greets from Austria
>> Werner
>
> Then, like I say (albeit implicitly), you should look at why the SMTP
> client doing the sending is not generating one. Postfix is rejecting
> the mail in this case, so it should not be generating any bounces.
>
> Aaron

Oops, could been more helpful there...

You have this configuration:

unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450

Which is causing postfix to temporarily reject the email shown in your log
excerpt. But what I have said above still stands - you should be looking at
whatever is attempting to send the email for a bounce.

Aaron