On 10/14/2014 10:52 AM, Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:48:38AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Rejecting will actually *reduce* traffic, because it doesn't accept the >> entire messages, it slams the door at the RCPT-TO stage.
> Rejection can happen after the DATA phase as well. It's better if spam can be > identified and rejected before this phase, for the reasons you have > identified; > but it isn't always possible. Well... a message can be rejected up to the END of the data phase - but, yes, if you have a pre-queue content filer, you can certainly end up rejecting something after receiving 99% of the data. However, once a message has been accepted - ie, *after* the DATA phase is complete, it should never be bounced, it should be delivered - or, worse, quarantined, or worst case, deleted (ie, itf it is later found to contain a malicious payload). But I was speaking mainly toward the botnet junk that postscreen is so good at rejecting now, and that is the vast majority... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/543d4025.2010...@libertytrek.org
