You're forgetting that the spammers can collect email addresses from your server just by generating a list of random (and not so random) characters and then appending yourdomain.com to them, and testing whether that address exists. I believe it's called a directory harvesting attack...
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:09 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: detecting delivered email addresses... > > >>It's too much of a resource hog to send all those bounces, > > Some will also think that bouncing invalid addresses helps spammers to > clean up their database > and make their scrap more efficient. This is probabilly true, but on the > other hand, > if you help them to eliminate invalid addresses, you lower the traffic > of spam on your server. > .... if spamers ever bother clean up their scrap ;-/ > > >>not to mention some blacklists will now blacklist you for bouncing. > > Well, if they do this, they will blacklist hotmail and others, and they > will get into trouble. > I wonder how they justify blacklisting a server which sticks to the > standard? > > This also means that the server will not bounce a message which is sent > from a blacklisted address, > otherwise it would blacklist itself? ;-) > Then the blacklisted sender is not even been informed he is blacklisted > neither by who? > This is kind of weid ;-)) > > -- > _______________________________________ > REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; > See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm > (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Thanks. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231604 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
