asterisk users - Jan 2004 - smtp question

Correct me if I'm wrong here but when a message bounces and the mailer/mta
generates a bounce message shouldn't the from field have <> in it
instead
of an email addres (ie. MAILER-DAEMON@domain.com).

The list was nailed with over 13,000 bounce messages(and they keep coming)
from ONE list subscriber and I wasn't sure if their smtp server wasn't
doing what it should.  I finally had to just block their domain totally at
postini to stop the flood of messages.

I think this was part of the first slowdown and why the list slowed down
again today.

bkw

The headers From:, Reply-To: etc generally ARE things like
MAILER-DAEMON. The envelope sender used in the SMTP conversation and
Return-Path: should be <>.


On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 01:20:02AM -0600, Brian West
said:
> Correct me if I'm wrong here but when a message bounces and the
mailer/mta
> generates a bounce message shouldn't the from field have <> in it
instead
> of an email addres (ie. MAILER-DAEMON@domain.com).
> 
> The list was nailed with over 13,000 bounce messages(and they keep coming)
> from ONE list subscriber and I wasn't sure if their smtp server
wasn't
> doing what it should.  I finally had to just block their domain totally at
> postini to stop the flood of messages.
> 
> I think this was part of the first slowdown and why the list slowed down
> again today.