[Mimedefang] Re: calling action_bounce() for viruses

[Ole Craig]

On 09/26/03 at 09:22, 'twas brillig and F.M. Taylor scrobe:
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> 
> Case#2
> Same as above, except that I attempt to bounce the message, along with everyone 
> else in the world who is bouncing the message.  I MAY be able to contact your 
> mailhost on the first try and send the message back, I may not, in which case I 
> have to queue it and try again.  This puts an extra load on my server for 
> something that neither on of us wants, a virii infected message.

	Nope. Your machine never accepted the message, so you're not
requeueing. action_bounce tells sendmail to refuse acceptance at the
SMTP level, not to accept and then send back.


		Ole
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