How can I disable Amavis bounce messages?

Indunil Jayasooriya indunil75 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 3 04:01:47 CET 2016


On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Jeff Morris <jeffm859 at nullmodem.org> wrote:

> I just noticed that my Amavis installation is sending out bounce messages
> such as the one below.
>
> How do I shut these off? This is creating huge amounts of backscatter and
> getting me listed in RBLs. :-(
>
> I don't see anything obvious in amavisd.conf.
>

Change from D_BOUNCE to D_DISCARD in this way.


 $final_virus_destiny      = D_DISCARD;
 $final_banned_destiny     = D_DISCARD;
 $final_spam_destiny       = D_DISCARD;
 $final_bad_header_destiny = D_PASS;






>
> I've tried to RTFM, but alas, although I can find lengthy diatribes
> discussing the philosophical merits of whether or not to turn them off (
> https://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/README.policy-on-notifications.txt),
> and detailed instructions on how to customize them (
> https://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/README.customize.txt), I can't find
> anything simply explaining how to turn them on or off. Frustrating. :-( Am
> I just looking in the wrong place? (Probably.)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> From: "Content-filter at colo1.nullmodem.org" <postmaster at nullmodem.org>
> To: <sender at somedomain>
> Subject: BANNED contents from you (.asc,credit_card_details_2E0B4_PDF.vbs)
>
> BANNED CONTENTS ALERT
>
> Our content checker found
>     banned name: .asc,credit_card_details_2E0B4_PDF.vbs
>
> in email presumably from you <sender at somedomain>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
>
>
>


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