When someone dies and mail builds up, it can attract unwanted attention. The Postal Service lets you forward mail for the deceased even if you don't share the same address. You can also stop marketing mail from coming by removing a dead person's name fro
When forwarding to an MDA, however, there is more possibility of error. Some MDAs are 'safe' and reliably return a nonzero status on any delivery error, even one due to temporary resource limits. The maildrop(1) program is like this; so are most programs designed as mail transport agents...
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so the mail server chokes and dies. By forwarding on these “dying child” messages eternally, you’re creating a creeping, effective and perpetual “mail bomb” because these dying wishes are out there clogging up mail systems across the world. The effect of this sort of forwarded mail bomb...