On 02/24/05, "Edward B. Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I see the same thing. At least 2/3rds are spam forwarded along as
> > described above. I have to give some credit to AOL WRT handling that
> > type of situation -- they're much better than MSN/Hotmail who do not
> > have a whitelist or feedback loop and simply stop accepting mail for
> > 12+ hours from any server that reaches a particular spam threshhold.
>
> We now refuse to forward mail that's almost certainly spam. Users may
> POP it, but forwarding is out.
Very good idea, given the lack of any standard way for a receiving
ISP to know that the mail was forwarded.
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