[Mimedefang] Bounce spam with hit counts between 5-10...

Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com
Wed May 25 16:35:42 EDT 2005


Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 25/05/05, Jamie Pratt <jpratt at norwich.edu> wrote:
>> i'm trying to modify mimedefang-filter to BOUNCE spam that has a
>> hit-count between 5 and 11 (basically, 10 and under so that FP's can
>> be identified easier.) - Right now, we archive anything tagged as
>> spam, as our users do not want it either way (evil, yes I know, but
>> I don't make the rules there...)
> 
> Right, so, you're happy that the return address is almost never the
> spammer's address - that some poor innocent sod is going to be getting
> these boince to them?

s/bounce/reject/

action_bounce actually rejects email, so bounce email (if any) is generated by the SENDING MTA.  If the email is really spam, this is probably the spambot.  Spambots typically won't bother sending bounce emails.

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