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Questions tagged [email-bounces]

email bounces are messages that are delivered to the nominated postmaster account on an email server to indicate a problem delivering the mail to one or more recipients.

email bounces are messages that are delivered to the nominated postmaster account on an email server to indicate a problem delivering the mail to one or more recipients.

Bounces can result from unknown users, failed mail servers, or other network or configuration issues.

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What is the best approach to handle email form abused by bots?

I just recently moved to a Dedicated Server hosting from a normal Reseller Hosting, and currently facing issue with email blacklisting. One of my clients has about 4 contact forms that automatically send a receipt email to the user and to the…
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Can you configure a custom mail bounce message for specific addresses?

I don't know much about mail servers, but let's say I had a sales@example.com address, and that it got a lot of spam. Could I create a custom bounce message for emails sent to that address? One reason, I'm thinking, would be to rename the address to…
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Exim should save the id of a failed message to a database (or at least pipe it to a shell script)

The Setup We are running exim version 4.72 on Debian Squeeze 6 (Squeeze) (LTS). Exim is used for outgoing emails only - it does not handle emails from other servers/domains - it only handles (outgoing) message from a local running java (web)…
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migrating to new server, would like to keep sending email from existing server

Hello I'm in the process of moving my site to a new host (ie new IP). I run a social site that sends a large volume of (valid) email, and I have built up a good sending reputation with my current IP over the last 2 years. My migration plan generally…
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If I use postfix for mail relay, so is myhostname / mydestination important?

I use postfix to relay mail to 3rd party SMTP and never sent out email directly, and of course I never receive email. So If I set myhostname / mydestination to sth like fake.mydomain.com, which mydomain.com is valid domain, but fake.mydomain.com…
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Postfix: bouncing mail (reverse DNS issue)

I have a problem with Postfix. I get this with some email address: to=, relay=mail.domain.tld[IP_ADDRESS]:25, delay=3, delays=0/0/2.5/0.52, dsn=5.7.1, status=bounced (host mail.domain.tld[IP_ADDRESS] said: 550 5.7.1…
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Bounced mails not reaching postfix

I have postfix and dovecot installed on a Centos 6.4 production (www.bw.co.uk) machine. The intent is to send all system and transactional messages and collect bounces. The email id's that resulted in a bounce are then flagged to prevent site from…
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Postfix mailqueue "Mailbox Full"

I have a mail server with postfix, and I want to differenciate the bouncing rules. maximal_queue_lifetime = 12h bounce_queue_lifetime = 12h Ok, its 12h (maybe it should be more). But I want to have a shorter bounce lifetime when a user has his…
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SMTP as SmartHost for SendMail

My general task is following: We have workable application that sends mails to the users (that are registered in this application on some actions); Mails are sending using sendmail tool; In order to test changes our sendmail tool uses smart host.…
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Kept getting "Returned Email" but I didn't send out anything

This might have something to do with a server that I have set the root user with a forward rule to send me emails. But I am not sure and I can't figure out why... Is it possible that my server has been used by other people to do spamming? My server…
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Postfix doesn't accept pipe

I've tried to configure postfix to execute the script /tmp/test.sh each time the user "bounce" receives a mail. My /etc/postfix/aliases: ... bounce: "| /tmp/test.sh" ... If I send an mail to that user, I get back: <"| /tmp/test.sh"@mydomain>: user…
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can postfix use a backup relay in response to a 5xx error code

I'm trying to configure my postfix (2.9.6) mail server to initially try deliver messages directly to the recipient MX, then fall back to relaying through my ISP's mail server if it recieves a 5xx status code. My mail server is on the end of a home…
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User is getting a RESOLVER.RST.AuthRequired e-mail bounce from a customer

I've been looking all over the Internet for a solution to this issue but it seems none of the solutions fit my symptoms. I am unable to get any e-mail to a customer. His server keeps responding with this: < #5.7.1 smtp;550 5.7.1…
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Postfix mails bouncing for no reason

I have a Postfix server setup which works fine most of the time but between 100 - 200 mails gets deferred every day with the following errors: status=deferred (lost connection with alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.142.27] while sending RCPT…
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Postfix: don't bounce for remote rejects

I'm having a problem with sending bounces to spammers when a remote "trusted" smtp server rejects a mail. My server manages mail for company1.com that has a virtual alias support@company1.com that delivers mail to a bunch of local users but also to…
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