r0g <aioe....@technicalbloke.com> writes: > Really? I get a metric butt-ton of spam every day to this address.
I'm sure I get sent a lot of spam (though I don't know for sure -- see below). But I don't think much of it comes from Usenet harvesters any more. > Right now it simply filtered by address straight into my recycle bin, > I suppose if it ever becomes burdensome or starts to choke my > bandwidth I'll tell my mailserver to bounce it :) Don't do that. Get your mailserver to /reject/ spam during SMTP with a 5xx code. Bouncing spam is really bad because it implicitly assumes that the envelope sender address is good. Spam rarely has a valid envelope sender. If you're lucky, the envelope sender is simply invalid, and you'll end up with a double-bounce when your mailserver finds out. If you're unlucky, the envelope sender is a /valid/ address from the spammer's list and some innocent victim will end up receiving your bounce (this is called `backscatter'). -- [mdw] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list