From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mads_Martin_J=F8rgensen?= Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:49:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [mlmmj] How to disable bounce probes Message-Id: <894753461327278040@unknownmsgid> List-Id: References: <4F625B33.4000802@pub.positon.org> In-Reply-To: <4F625B33.4000802@pub.positon.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: mlmmj@mlmmj.org Another option is to not run mlmmj-maintd. --=20 Mads Martin J=F8rgensen On 15/03/2012, at 22.47, Ben Schmidt wrote: > One way to do it is to set 'staticbounceaddr' (see TUNABLES) to send the > bounces to a black-hole, rather than having Mlmmj process them. Mlmmj > will then think nothing is bouncing, so will not try to probe. > > I think removing the text/probe or text/bounce-probe list text would > also turn off the messages, but log an error to syslog when Mlmmj tries > to send one. You'd have a record of which address are bouncing that way, > though, which may or may not be a benefit. > > Beware, though, that if a lot of spam emails are being sent from your > mail server, you may end up with your IP blacklisted or something like > that. It's probably more worth your while to try to filter out the spam > and avoid it going out at all. Ignoring the problem by turning the > bounces off will just let the problem grow, unnoticed and unrestrained. > > That's my opinion, anyway. > > Cheers, > > Ben. > > > > On 16/03/12 8:12 AM, Marc MAURICE wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is it possible to disable mlmmj bounce probe feature ? >> >> I have an open mailing list (anybody can post), receiving lot of spam. >> This list is more like an alias (as in /etc/aliases), with multiple dest= inations, >> but it's convenient for me to have it managed by mlmmj. >> >> Those spams are deleted by the subscribers antispams, however, mlmmj rec= eives >> bounces, and send bounce probes to check, I guess, that the subscriber i= s active. >> >> So my users are receiving the following. >> Question : is it possible to disable bounce probes ? >> >> " >> Some messages to you could not be delivered. If you're seeing this >> message it means things are back to normal, and it's merely for your >> information. >> >> Here is the list of the bounced messages: >> " >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Marc > >