Hi,Please share the logs as text of some of those mails where the spammer tries to check for existing addresses - are you sure your downstream server responds with a 5xx error on an unknown recipient at the RCPT TO stage?
Oct 24 14:18:10 mg1 postfix/smtpd[199672]: connect from unknown[43.133.213.179]
Oct 24 14:18:10 mg1 postfix/smtpd[199672]: 861EFDB78: client=unknown[43.133.213.179]
Oct 24 14:18:10 mg1 postfix/cleanup[199674]: 861EFDB78: message-id=<f15eeb094a3dbcd376dd02b2ff179edc@mail.my.softbank.com>
Oct 24 14:18:10 mg1 postfix/qmgr[459]: 861EFDB78: from=<info-fiivzfmnzbotlkgj@mail.my.softbank.com>, size=7709, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 24 14:18:10 mg1 postfix/smtpd[199672]: disconnect from unknown[43.133.213.179] ehlo=1 mail=1 rcpt=1 data=1 quit=1 commands=5
Oct 24 14:18:10 mg1 pmg-smtp-filter[199284]: E146653761A2A2D35: new mail message-id=<f15eeb094a3dbcd376dd02b2ff179edc@mail.my.softbank.com>#012
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 pmg-smtp-filter[199284]: E146653761A2A2D35: SA score=7/5 time=0.935 bayes=1.00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no hits=BAYES_99(3.5),BAYES_999(0.2),FROM_LOCAL_NOVOWEL(0.5),GB_SUBJ25(0.5),HTML_MESSAGE(0.001),KAM_DMARC_STATUS(0.01),KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY(1),RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET(1.347),RDNS_NONE(0.793),SPF_HELO_NONE(0.001),SPF_NONE(0.001)
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 pmg-smtp-filter[199284]: E146653761A2A2D35: added disclaimer (rule: External Warning)
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 pmg-smtp-filter[199284]: E146653761A2A2D35: added disclaimer (rule: External Warning)
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 pmg-smtp-filter[199284]: E146653761A2A2D35: notify <info-fiivzfmnzbotlkgj@mail.my.softbank.com> (rule: Reject unkown recipient, A1C91E2F2)
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 pmg-smtp-filter[199284]: E146653761A2A2D35: block mail to <epijoxsanw@aaa.com> (rule: Reject unkown recipient)
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 pmg-smtp-filter[199284]: E146653761A2A2D35: processing time: 1.049 seconds (0.935, 0.026, 0)
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 postfix/lmtp[199675]: 861EFDB78: to=<epijoxsanw@aaa.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=1.2, delays=0.09/0/0.05/1.1, dsn=2.7.0, status=sent (250 2.7.0 BLOCKED (E146653761A2A2D35))
Oct 24 14:18:11 mg1 postfix/qmgr[459]: 861EFDB78: removed
Hi,Why not simply use the Verify Receivers setting - it uses SMTP, and is very robust - and usually needs no or very little modifications on the downstream server?
Anyways - The article you linked explicitly configures the action of creating a bounce to the sender - so sending bounces out is what you've configured and this is what PMG does
My recommendation: use 'Verify Receivers'
Oct 25 20:02:55 mg postfix/smtpd[271155]: connect from mail-yw1-f173.google.com[209.85.128.173]
Oct 25 20:02:56 mg postfix/smtpd[271155]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-yw1-f173.google.com[209.85.128.173]: 450 4.1.1 <testusr@aaa.com>: Recipient address rejected: unverified address: host 192.168.1.33[192.168.1.33] said: 550 5.1.0 <double-bounce@aaa.com>: Sender address rejected: aaa.com (in reply to RCPT TO command); from=<gmailtest@gmail.com> to=<testusr@aaa.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-yw1-f173.google.com>
Oct 25 20:02:56 mg postfix/smtpd[271155]: disconnect from mail-yw1-f173.google.com[209.85.128.173] ehlo=2 starttls=1 mail=1 rcpt=0/1 bdat=0/1 quit=1 commands=5/7
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