From: René Nussbaumer (postfixprotection-fault.ch)
Date: Sat Apr 26 2008 - 02:53:23 CDT

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On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 06:53:48PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Ren? Nussbaumer:
> [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ]
> > 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.

Where's the point of providing recipient validation then?

René

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