[Mimedefang] Streams and MaxRecipientsPerMessage

[WBrown at e1b.org]

mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com wrote on 04/20/2005 06:36:33 
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>      I discard them.  This isn't necessarily the best thing, but there
> isn't a lot I can do, especially if I don't want them sitting in my
> queue.

Having been on both sides of disappearing mail, I hate mail being 
discarded.  That's why the rejection at the SMTP level is so nice. 

>      If somebody else is generating bounces on messages that I reject,
> I don't care.  It isn't my problem.  The somebody else should do a
> better job runing their mail server.

Yep, I reject, they generate bounce.  I look at it as refusing to accept 
responsibility for the message if I think it's spam.  If it's actually 
ham, but triggers a false positive, then all is well - it goes back to a 
legit sender.  If it's bulk, the sender can deal with it or whatever.

 
>      In my opinion, SPF creates far more problems then it solves, which
> is pretty much none.  Thus I won't use it.  Heck, if a message comes in
> with valid SPF, it is more likely to be spam then not since spammers
> are the biggest adopters.

I agree, a pass is not reason to reduce the overall score on an unknown 
domain.  I will subtract 1 point for known domains, such as local ISPs. 
Failling messages when the domain owner has "-all" on their record is 
valid, and has only generated one call for me and I just told them that 
the sender needs to configure their mail client correctly.