Gerald Turner a écrit : > [snip] > > It is before-queue while the SMTP connection is still active. I like to > bounce in case legitimate people that have yet to be whitelisted trigger > a false-positive. >
yes, reject is generally better than discard. > > Other than possibly dropping a false-positive is there anything else I > should know of? > No. just false positives. but this is a real problem. of course, this is site/person dependent. Instead of discarding mail, deliver it to a mailbox or folder that you can review. This review can be done quickly (sort by subject, ... etc). > > Yes but I think I'm getting what I want in this case: list spam is > discarded, whether forged or not. > Indeed. I hope you are aware that mail from some lists (such as this one) may contain spammy text or patterns (people sending a sample, ... etc). >> - There are other cases when you don't want to reject (mail to >> ab...@example.com, ... etc). > > That's the other problem I'm trying to solve (don't reject mail sent to > these "quasi-spamtrap" addresses, simply discard) - I can see how to do > it now with custom rules checked in X-Spam-Status header. Thanks for > the suggestion. > No, mail to ab...@* should be read. if there is a problem with your server, this is how we would tell you. and to avoid N steps conversations, we will include headers or the content of the spam we received from you... etc. abuse@ and postmaster@ are part of the mail system. don't let spammers destroy this system.
