This isn't about spam, this is about unknown users, which can't be filtered until there is knowledge of whether or not the user exists, which means it has to touch the imail server for user account reference.
Sure, some spam is routed, but that is not the source of the problem, the problem is just general misdirected mail sent by tens of thousands of sender's world wide...... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 4:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Imail discard vs. bounce >oes anybody know of a way this can be done?. The best way "system wide" is not to let the crap get down the wires and into the mailbox server in the first place, by rejecting (not bounce) at an anti-spam MX gateway. You should never accept and then bounce what you reject (you become part of the problem, not part of the solution). I don't "silently discard" on IMGate, other than episodes such as a mailer worm storm. Rejecting mail after RCPT TO: is highly effective and accurate, plus most efficient for your systems, and all of Internet. And don't buy any BS and FUD about "high reject rates of legit mail" when doing envelope-rejection. Len > _____________________________________________________________________ http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: Wash DC; Dallas; Atlanta IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free 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/
