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  • how/where can I change the ndr config

    From None@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 9 13:12:52 2022
    how/where can I change the ndr config

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  • From Claus =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=DFmann?= @21:1/5 to None on Wed Feb 9 12:15:04 2022
    None wrote:
    how/where can I change the ndr config

    What is "ndr"? "non-delivery-report"?

    "What's the problem you are trying to solve?"

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  • From None@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 9 22:00:30 2022

    What is "ndr"? "non-delivery-report"?

    Yes the message being generated to the sender when the server is trying
    to deliver a message, but receives a rejection of the recipient's server.

    "What's the problem you are trying to solve?"


    I am using clamav-milter and when I send a message with the eicar test
    string. This message is rejected by the recipient's server. But I do not receive this rejected message, because the rejected message still has
    the eicar attachment and is thus being rejected by the server that
    handles incoming mail.

    I guess the easiest fix would be, not to attach the original message to
    this 'ndr'.

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to None on Wed Feb 9 17:52:27 2022
    On 2/9/22 2:00 PM, None wrote:
    I am using clamav-milter and when I send a message with the eicar test string. This message is rejected by the recipient's server. But I do not receive this rejected message, because the rejected message still has
    the eicar attachment and is thus being rejected by the server that
    handles incoming mail.

    I guess the easiest fix would be, not to attach the original message to
    this 'ndr'.

    I use the no-body-return (or however it's written) option to tell
    Sendmail to not include message bodies in Delivery Status Notifications
    (the official name for non-delivery-reports as I understand it).

    I chose this option 15-20 years ago for the same type of problem but
    with spam, not viruses.



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  • From Claus =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=DFmann?= @21:1/5 to None on Thu Feb 10 11:27:14 2022
    None wrote:

    I guess the easiest fix would be, not to attach the original message to
    this 'ndr'.

    If I understand your problem correctly, you are sending an e-mail
    -- to a server which is not under your control -- for which you
    would like a "bounce" (DSN) but without the body.

    So you have to configure your client to request exactly that
    by using RET=HDRS in the MAIL command.
    Check the documentation for whatever mail client you use
    how to do that.

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  • From None@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 10 20:49:13 2022
    I use the no-body-return (or however it's written) option to tell
    Sendmail to not include message bodies in Delivery Status Notifications
    (the official name for non-delivery-reports as I understand it).

    Thanks! I managed with changing this

    define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',`authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl

    to

    define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',`authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,nobodyreturn,restrictqrun')dnl

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to None on Thu Feb 10 12:50:37 2022
    On 2/10/22 12:49 PM, None wrote:
    Thanks! I managed with changing this

    You're welcome.

    define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',`authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,nobodyreturn,restrictqrun')dnl

    Ya, that looks like what I was failing to remember the syntax of the
    other day.



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