[Mimedefang] Streams and MaxRecipientsPerMessage
WBrown at e1b.org
WBrown at e1b.org
Wed Apr 20 09:06:41 EDT 2005
mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com wrote on 04/20/2005 06:36:33
AM:
> 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.
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