> On 25 Mar 2015, at 15:55, Franck Martin <fmar...@linkedin.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mar 25, 2015, at 8:24 AM, Howard F. Cunningham <howa...@macrollc.com> 
> wrote:
>>  
>> I was told that the problem was that there was a rule in their filters that 
>> delete, without notice, all emails that have php links in the emails?
>>  
>> Has anyone ever heard of deleting emails with php links in a spam filter? 
> 
> A bit drastic, the message should have been bounced during the SMTP 
> transaction.

I prefer the term "rejected" or "denied". To me, "bounced" implies the sending 
of a non-delivery notification: you can’t be sure that will happen unless you 
generate the notification yourself. I think that’s the sense in which the terms 
are used in the SMTP RFCs.

> It does not surprise me someone would want to block such emails, considering 
> the number of compromised wordpress installation (that uses php). However it 
> is likely to have significant collateral damage.

Too true.

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