[rt-users] strange postmaster messages

[Phil Homewood]

Joseph Spenner wrote:
> > ... while talking to lte2.domain.com.:
> > >>> MAIL From:<apache at rtbox.mydomain.com> SIZE=3108
> > <<< 553 5.1.8 <apache at rtbox.mydomain.com>... Domain
> of sender address apache at rtbox.mydomain.com does not
> exist

The domain "rtbox.mydomain.com" does not exist (in DNS.)

> My RT seems to work fine, and mail flows correctly
> from outside to inside, and inside to outside, but the
> above type messages I don't understand.  I'm not sure
> if the recipients are receiving the messages during
> the above issue.

They're not. 553 is a permanent failure code.
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