[Mimedefang] action_drop_with_warning and refuse to sender

Marcus Schopen lists at localguru.de
Thu Aug 23 14:29:03 EDT 2018


Am Donnerstag, den 23.08.2018, 19:50 +0200 schrieb Benny Pedersen via
MIMEDefang:
> Paul Murphy skrev den 2018-08-23 18:49:
> > Yes, but pointless - either just drop the attachment, or drop the
> > whole message with action_discard.  Don't bounce it
> 
> a REJECT is not a bounce, its a denied to accept it

right, "554 5.7.1" does not accept the email, no back scatter problem.
It's like:

-------------
[...]
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Subject: Spam Test

This is the GTUBE -- the Generic Test for Unsolicited Bulk Email.
[...]

.
554 5.7.1 Recipient refuses mail due to high spam probability
quit
Connection closed by foreign host.
-------------

> > - back scatter is
> > more likely to get you blacklisted than just about anything else
> > short
> > of mega-spamming, as the sender is likely to have been spoofed or
> > is
> > not a valid address.
> 
> i dont use mimedefang, its not very good examples of doing anything
> good 
> with it :(

Hmmmm ;)

Cheers
m



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