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16th Jun 2014, 01:04 PM #1
Properly Reject Invalid Email Exim
Tired of seeing your mail queue fill up with bounce messages to non-existant spammer email addresses? By default, if an email comes into your server addressed to an invalid recipient, Exim will accept the message from the delivering agent, and then generate a return email to them explaining that the address is invalid. With this little tweak, you can make exim tell the delivering agent that that address is invalid at the time the message is being delivered, meaning no more spam returns cluttering up your queue! Can I get an Amen!? Read on!
This is curtesy of cyberspirit in the cpanel forums. Original thread is loacted here.
Method 1)
1. Open WHM and click on Exim Configuration Editor
2. Click on the Switch to Advanced Mode button.
3. Scroll down until you see the section on ACL's. You'll see three boxes. In the middle box, locate the section that reads - See Section A:
Method 2) Recommended
1. Login into SSH and su to root
2. pico /etc/exim.conf
3. Ctrl + W and type in: accept domains Notice the two spaces. Look for something like this below.
Section A:
accept domains = +local_domains
accept domains = +relay_domains
accept hosts = +relay_hosts
accept condition = ${perl{checkrelayhost}{$sender_host_address}}
accept domains = +local_domains
accept domains = +relay_domains
endpass
message = unknown user
verify = recipient
accept domains = +local_domains
endpass
message = unknown user
verify = recipient
accept domains = +relay_domains
accept hosts = +relay_hosts
accept condition = ${perl{checkrelayhost}{$sender_host_address}}
That's it! Welcome to much smaller mail queues!Areon Reviewed by Areon on . Properly Reject Invalid Email Exim Tired of seeing your mail queue fill up with bounce messages to non-existant spammer email addresses? By default, if an email comes into your server addressed to an invalid recipient, Exim will accept the message from the delivering agent, and then generate a return email to them explaining that the address is invalid. With this little tweak, you can make exim tell the delivering agent that that address is invalid at the time the message is being delivered, meaning no more spam returns Rating: 5
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