From: René Nussbaumer (postfixprotection-fault.ch)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2008 - 17:31:12 CDT

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On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:21:13PM +0000, D Hill wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 at 00:03 +0200, postfixprotection-fault.ch
> confabulated:
>> This patch will let you allow to modify the behaviour so your postfix
>> will accept the e-mail in the case the primary MX is not reachable.
>
> I'm not a C programmer. If you accept that message which later on turns out
> the recipient does not exist. What happens? If you generate a bounce, you
> generate backscatter.

Yes, I'm aware of this fact. However, a backup MX should take care of
the mail if the primary is currently not reachable. At least from my
point of view. Yes, their is the danger of producing backscatter but
under normal circumstances the primary MX would not be that long
unreachable.

Beside of this, the option is optional and do not modify the default
behaviour of postfix.

René

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