On 2/28/08, Gary V wrote: > On 2/28/08, John Thomas wrote: > > I recently saw the following recommended configuration show up on the list: > > final_spam_destiny => D_BOUNCE, # so the sender knows they are a spammer > > Does this cause backscatter if Amavis is not set up as a milter and if > > so shouldn't that be discouraged as it causes spam? > > Link regarding backscatter: > > http://spamlinks.net/prevent-secure-backscatter.htm > > -- > > Sincerely, > > John Thomas > > > > You are correct, however, what you missed was this was set in a custom > policy bank. Hopefully only clients that are in the internal network > (or authenticated roaming users) will be directed to that policy bank.
I should expand that to trusted clients or senders. Business partners would be an example. > What this means is that only these (supposed) legitimate senders will > be notified when their mail is spam. > > Hopefully clients on the Internet will pass through the default policy > bank where the general settings in amavisd.conf will be used, e.g.: > $final_spam_destiny => D_DISCARD; > or > $final_spam_destiny => D_PASS; > > Custom policy banks are used to override settings like this for > particular senders/clients. -- Gary V ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
