Stuart wrote: > Bojan Zdrnja wrote: >> >> I completely agree with Gary. Rejecting e-mail for non existent users *at >> the front-end* is a MUST.
> I thought that rejecting non-existent users at SMTP time was considered > a bad idea because now the spammer knows that any messages that are > accepted are valid email addresses. Is this no longer considered a best > practice? > I'm just curious to hear opinions -- thanks, > Stuart Johnston Here is an interesting thread (that Bojan was involved with) that glowingly illustrates good reason to immediately reject mail to unknown users: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/2005-January/009499.html Gary V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
