On 12 Jul 2011, at 16:11, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Jul 12, 2011, at 01:06 PM, Ian Eiloart wrote: > >> Bouncing certainly is suboptimal, since it may create collateral spam. Better >> to reject the message at SMTP time with a 5xx response than to bounce. > > That's an interesting take on it. The LMTP server in Mailman could reject > messages addressed to disabled lists, and that 5xx error should propagate > through the MTA.
Yes, this should be used in combination with a call forward from the MTA at RCTP TO, so that it the MTA can determine the status of the mailing list *before* giving a reply to the sending MTA. > -Barry > _______________________________________________ > Mailman-Developers mailing list > Mailman-Developers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/iane%40sussex.ac.uk > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 -- Ian Eiloart Postmaster, University of Sussex +44 (0) 1273 87-3148 _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
