Kevin Buhr <buhr@telus.net> [2003:08:29:16:23:59-0700] scribed: > "Michael D. Schleif" <mds@helices.org> writes: <snip /> > > Then, somehow -- this is the part that I do not understand, and that I > > want to *STOP* happening -- FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@bragi.private.network > > attempts to send an email -- containing this 550 error -- to some > > address unknown to me. Note: the URL is only one (1) of many > > _different_ examples I am seeing. > > Keep in mind that there are SMTP envelope MAIL FROM and RCPT TO > addresses that often get stripped even from the "full" headers of a > message. If they do appear, they will appear as "Return-Path" and > "Envelope-To" respectively. <snip /> > The "qmail" program on "mail.private.network" was so fed up at having > its bounce bounce that it mailed the postmaster in frustration. > > Got that? > > You can easily head this off at the pass by passing "fetchmail" the > "--nobounce" command line option. With this option, it'll just send > bounces to the postmaster on "bragi" instead of trying to deliver them > back to the message sender. Thank you! This was the most lucid description that I have read, and I understand it, and that was the conclusion that I had drawn, but, couldn't state it quite that clearly. Thank you, again . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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