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slug-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 29/07/2008 07:15:47 AM:

> I have some web generated emails being sent as 'apache@' [as the default
> web user] (which perhaps I should change, but it never really caused
> problems in the past)
>
> now, an isp appears to be doing a user lookup as below and bounces
emails,
> claiming my server is mis-configured:
>
> is there any req on me having an 'apache@' address if I'm sending emails
> as such ?
>
> (i.e., who misconfigured their server ?)
>
One could argue that either server is incorrectly configured. I suspect
the receiving email server is checking if the sending email is valid in an
attempt to stop spam.
You could just alias apache@ to your (or another valid) email address, and
that should stop the problem.

Regards,

Scott