[Mimedefang] Suggestions on rejecting relays that provide syntactically-invalid arguments to HELO/EHLO

[Michael Sims]

Quoting Mark Suter <mark.suter at miju.com.au>:

> Also, consider doing something like the following (my post) to
> allow communication with postmaster in the event the error is
> actually on your side.

I will freely admit that I filter mail to postmaster at my domain just like I 
do any other account.  My postmaster account receives more spam than my normal 
account, and if I dropped the filters for that address I'd get flooded with 
junk.

I know this probably isn't a good idea but the alternative is worse.  If mail 
to postmaster is unfiltered and 90% spam, I run the risk of missing the 
legitimate mail that is sent to that account because I'll be tempted to just 
delete it all.  At least with SpamAssassin and my other filters working for me 
I have a better chance of not missing a real message.

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Michael Sims
Project Analyst - Information Technology
Crye-Leike Realtors
Office: (901)758-5648  Pager: (901)769-3722
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