From: /dev/rob0 (rob0gmx.co.uk)
Date: Thu May 29 2008 - 23:12:09 CDT

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On Thu May 29 2008 21:08:33 Jim Wright wrote:
> On May 29, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Rod G wrote:
> > You you should read my initial message again. I know that
> > reject_unknown_recipient_domains is rejecting the mail. Yes, there
> > is a 450 message. I'm not debugging anything. I'm simply asking if
> > there is a better way to configure this. Thanks for nothing.
>
> I've read your original message, you indicate the your internet
> connection was down, and clients sending mails were receiving bounce
> messages for "Domain not found". That would imply a 550 error, not a
> 450 error. Temporary issues, as would be the case when your internet
> connection is down, should give 450s, so it would seem that you have
> overridden defaults elsewhere, or have other config issues.

No, it's simply the matter of how a MUA takes rejection versus MTAs.
Typical MUAs probably cannot distinguish types of rejection. Even a
temporary error comes right back to the user. At least that's the case
in kmail. I think the answer to the OP's question is, "No, not easily."
The workarounds are probably not worth the trouble; either live with
the occasional problem, or remove the reject_unknown_recipient_domain
restriction.

(One workaround might be a simple policy service which checks the
Internet connection and returns "OK" for mynetworks hosts if the
connection is down.)

> Slamming those that can help you
> is not the best way to approach your problem.

This part, I will wholeheartedly agree with. The OP showed very poor
form here.
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