On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 18:39, Chris I wrote: > > Does anybody know if having mail bounce effectively removes you from > spamlists? I suppose it doesnt matter as there likely isnt a hot-naked- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the first place, and it would probably just end > up making me use up more traffic for no benifit. > > -Chris I
Rejecting messages with 5XX at the MTA helps with a few, but bouncing doesn't help at all, and sometimes helps the spammer. Accepting messages and then bouncing them can do one of two things, both of which are bad. 1. You will harass the innocent owner of the email address which has been forged into the spam (often the address of an anti-spam activist). or 2. Your bounce will deliver the spam to the intended recipient. Spammers will send messages to you with the intended recipient in the From: header and you will "bounce" relay the spam to the victim. In other words, once your (or your ISP's) MTA has accepted spam, it's yours to keep or delete, there's no sending it back. The best you can do is make sure any open relays used are blocklisted and submit abuse reports to the spammer's ISP. -- Yorkshire Dave -- Scanned by MailScanner at wot.no-ip.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
