qmail/pop3d Stops Sending and Receiving Mail!
The problem is that I get a TON of bounced emails, due to people trying to send email to non-existant users at my domain. For example, 123@mydomain.com, 1234@mydomain.com, 567@mydomain.com. All of which don't exist. Stupid spammers are just making them all up.
This is how the bounced email errors look:
<123@mydomain.com>:
Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local. :
<1234@mydomain.com>:
Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local. :
and so on...
All these bounced mails end up in my root mailbox. My qmail smtpd stops working... and pop3 also stops working. I think it's due to the high load of that the bouncing email causes.
Anyone have any ideas?
