[nzlug] NAT rule setting with a D-Link DSL- 302G ADSL modem

[Jasper Bryant-Greene]

Mark Foster wrote:
>> On the networks I administer mail will only ever be dropped without a
>> bounce message if it is a virus or a bounce from a virus (bouncing virii
>> is a Bad Thing[tm]). Spam will be filtered into a "Spam" folder (which a
>> lot of users rarely check, so this could be as good as dropped).
> 
> Everyones networks do different things.

Which is why I was offering an example :)

>> OTOH, we outright reject mail for many reasons -- listed on
>> zen.spamhaus.org (which includes aforementioned dynamic IPs), invalid
>> recipient address, invalid sender domain, etc etc.
> 
> if by 'bounce' you mean 'reject during the receiving transaction' then
> you're doing the right thing.

I didn't say bounce, I said reject. In other words, reject at the SMTP
level, before we accept reponsibility for delivering the mail.

> (And running a mail server on a dynamic IP is fine, as long as you don't
> use direct SMTP delivery for outbound mail. Use your ISP and you don't
> have a problem. (this has been discussed on the list before.))

I'm sure most of the list understood my intention with that statement.

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