[Mimedefang] Deadline for SPF records *long w/morbid horoscope*

[Jeff Rife]

On 12 Aug 2004 at 12:33, Kelson Vibber wrote:

> - Some of those criteria (such as spam filters) are hard to keep in sync 
> across multiple implementations.

Spam isn't really a big deal in the bounce area.

For us, once it hits analysis (SpamAssassin through MIMEDefang), we 
never send anything back to the sending server.  DNSBL, forged HELO and 
virues get REJECTed (no bounce e-mail), but SPAM is silently dropped 
(for high scores) or sent on to the user.  I just don't feel that any 
spammer deals with bad addresses well enough to make rejection worth 
while, nor is there a reason to tell somebody that they sent me spam, 
since the scores we use make it obvious that they already know.


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