Avoid backscatter with aliases

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I have a pretty standard exim 4.90 setup of type "internet". Since a few days, this server has been added to the backscatterer blacklist.

After analysing the logs, I found the problem:

  • I've received an email from toto@fromdomain.com rcpt to titi@localdomain.com
  • the spam ACLs give it a spamscore just bellow the drop limit
  • titi@localdomain.com is in /etc/aliases as tutu@otherdomain.com => driver=redirect
  • tutu@otherdomain.com is external, therefore routed to the remote_smtp transport
  • the remote_smtp transport tries to deliver the email to tutu@otherdomain.com and the other server rejects the email with a SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: 554 5.7.1 Command rejected
  • Then my server tries to send a NDR to toto@fromdomain.com
  • The fromdomain.com server rejects the email with a Recipient address rejected: Access denied

How can I avoid this kind of behavior? Would it be OK and possible to disable NDRs for aliases?

Patrick Valsecchi

Posted 2019-06-03T18:28:39.320

Reputation: 11

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