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I had the same thought as bcressey yesterday when I was seeing the same error.

Merk, another option for the spam might be to filter addresses through a gmail account -- http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answ ... swer=21288. I think you can forward up to 5 addresses that way, maybe that could work?

When I ran a mail server it caused me no end of trouble, and was easily responsible for 80% of my server maintenance. Since I switched my mail domains over to gmail using Google For Your Domain, I barely ever have to wrestle with my server anymore. (Ugh I sound like a shill don't I. But it's true.)

The problem I had was not volume of incoming spam though but just navigating the ever-increasing barriers to remote SMTP authentication and keeping my IP block out of the highly questionably administered Spam filter blacklists used by other people so that my mail would be guaranteed delivery. I never did solve the latter problem. I gave up and went with Google, whose mail server IPs have enough weight behind them to not remain on any blacklists for long even if they do get accidentally blacklisted (and they have been, because as I say, spam blacklists are not responsibly administered and there is no care taken to avoid misclassifying some small fry server -- once you're on a list you just ain't coming off, typically, unless you're Google etc).

I don't know if this is relevant to the problems Merk is having but I just found that in this day and age, administering your own mail server is kind of a mug's game. Or just outside my available troubleshooting patience, if you prefer.

Paul.