Dave, Using the 'nobody' alias runs that risk - a spammers dream come true in some cases.
We treat each customer by their needs some want the alias some don't and we advise on the risk and benefits individually. We don't disable or ban it the user is responsible on how they administer their mail domain. Hope this helps. David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Delbridge Sent: 11 July 2003 18:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] Catch-All Mailbox Caveats Hi all, What are the real-world caveats of offering "catch-all" mailboxes (a.k.a. "nobody" aliases in IMail)? A hosting provider, I have long denied this service to our customers for fear of spammers inundating our mail servers with fabricated addresses culled from a name dictionary. Furthermore, I fear that when those spammers do not receive a "No Such User" error, they will catalogue the bogus addresses as "legit," share it with other spammers, and forever send thousands (millions?) of mis-addressed messages to a domain that has long since disabled the catch-all feature. Am I overreacting? Any input is appreciated. Dave -- David M. Delbridge Circa 3000 ColdFusion Hosting http://www.circa3k.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
