On 10/14/2014 11:24 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > 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... > >
And that is exactly what I do - I delete the email. Jerry -- 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/543d7774.1040...@attglobal.net