Re: setting "unknown_address_reject_code = 554" doesn't work

From: Ralf Hildebrandt (no email)
Date: Sat Dec 01 2001 - 04:33:19 EST


On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 12:09:56AM -0800, Nate Campi wrote:
> I'm running Snapshot-20011127, with
>
> # postconf |grep unknown_address_reject_code
> unknown_address_reject_code = 554
>
> ...but test email I sent through a qmail box is getting:
>
> Nov 30 23:56:28 slim qmail: [ID 748625 mail.info] 1007193388.259700
> delivery 26: deferral:
> 209.209.45.48_does_not_like_recipient./Remote_host_said:_450_<>:_Sender_address_rejected:_Domain_not_found/Giving_up_on_209.209.45.48./

Your DNS is returning a temporary error condition. Thus Postfix plays safe
and also return a 4xx error. See:

$ host -t MX spammer.com
Nameserver not responding
spammer.com MX record not found, try again
                                 ^^^^^^^^^
                                 

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