hi ya blu On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Blu wrote:
> I agree, but it was suggested that any mail server should reject spam at > SMTP time, and not bounce it at all. yupp ... best to do at smtp time > If my relay server (not open, but > relay for customers) has no means to verify recipients, what to do when the > destination server rejects that mail already accepted by my server?. make it part of your overall services and policy, that you require a list of authorized users .. if you dont know about [EMAIL PROTECTED] than you will consider it a forged acct - you now have a list of all valid email accounts and any unknown address is rejected/bounced/fried/devnulled ( the users does NOT have to have a shell acct ... ( gazillion ways to do this - you reject unknown users on incoming email addressed to joe - you reject outgoing mail from "joe" ( ez to do with wireless laptops ) - and if joe is using a borrowed laptop from the spouse or sitting at a different office pc ... humm .. more isssues > Bounce. back. c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]