[Mimedefang] Re: compare mimedefang to mailscanner

[Stephen Johnson]

On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 09:22 -0500, WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
>  John Rudd <john at rudd.cc> wrote on 01/17/2007 07:11:51 PM:
> 
> > Dropping without notifying _anyone_ is "an even worse practice".  You 
> > don't have to notify the sender, as long as you notify the recipient 
> > (and visa versa).
> 
> Which is just another piece of annoying email in the inbox.  Why bother 
> removing the spam if your just going to deliver a message held email in 
> its place?

It's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" type situation. If you
delivery it, the recipient gets unwanted spam. If you drop it even
though it's thoroughly high scoring, the recipient actually wanted it. 
-- 
Stephen Johnson <Stephen.Johnson at arkansas.gov>