On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:17:17PM -0400, Stuart D. Gathman wrote: >When a TMDA installation replies to forged email, it becomes a spammer >just as annoying as stupid virus filters or mailing lists that reply to forged >email.
So when an MTA responds to a forged email with a bounce do those programs also become spammers? I understand the energy around getting email messages that you didn't ask for, but by your definition everything that responds to an email message is a spammer. IMHO C/R is simply a defense shield for a mailbox. Here's an analogy: if someone threw a knife at you, and you picked up a shield to block it and the knife hit someone else, which person has committed a crime? By your logic, it's you for defending yourself. Personally, I think we should all agree that the person defending themselves is not a spammer. Instead we should focus on energy on how to protect everyone. Frankly, it seems pretty obvious to me that if everyone had a shield, everyone would be protected. If everyone used SPF as part of that shield, we'd all be better off, too. $.02. - Mark _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
