From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2008 - 17:53:48 CDT

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Ren? Nussbaumer:
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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.

Then the backup MX host MUST have a valid recipient list.

        Wietse

> 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.
>
> Ren?
>
>

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