On 12 Jul 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Paul Dudley wrote: > >> > >> > If we decide to reject low grade spam messages rather than > >> > quarantine them, is it possible to add text to the body of the > >> > rejection message? > >> > >> Rejecting (bouncing) spam is utterly pointless, as 99% of it will have > >> forged sender information. > > I thought this was about having the MTA saying "555 we dont want > that spam" at the end of data phase .....
We're operating from different assumptions. An SMTP reject is okay, a bounce message reject is not. Note, however, that this may simply be mving the DDoS amplifier from your mail server to whatever mail server is trying to deliver the message to you. *That* server (assuming it's not a spambot) may send a bounce notice to the forged sender address... -- John Hardin KA7OHZ ICQ#15735746 http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] key: 0xB8732E79 - 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Insofar as the police deter by their presence, they are very, very good. Criminals take great pains not to commit a crime in front of them. -- Jeffrey Snyder ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 days until The 37th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the Moon
