On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:58:00 -0500, you wrote: Talking about SPAM.....
I was using McAfee Spamkiller until 3 days ago. I inadvertently told it to send a 550 to some "gold" spammer and other crap. Within 3 days I had back 1356 Returned Posting messages saying the address is not available. I then set a catch all filter at my ISP and it stopped all spam and some legit mail that I couldn't afford to kill so I deactivated the filter. today I got 2 no available returns and 4 real spams Oh! I forgot to mention I also uninstalled McAfee Spankiller 2 days ago. Total RUBBISH (trash) as far as Spamkillers go. Any other suggestion on a spam filter to use with Agent? Hugh >On 8 Dec 2005 at 14:52, KMF-MIS wrote: > >> At 10:30 PM -0700 12/2/2005, Ben Parker wrote: >> >On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:29:24 -0500, KMF-MIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >>It might also help (at least the subscribers) if the list bounce processor >> >>was a little smarter. The reason currently given in the e-mail for >> >>unsubbing a subscriber when spam cop is in play is incorrect, if the >> >>bounce processor looked at the enhanced status code (RFC 1893) in the >> >>bounce message and unsubbed 5.1.1 but not 5.7.1 this would allow time for >> >>the least to get off spam cop or for the subscriber to white list the >> >>particular mail server being listed. >> > >> >This won't help. Looking at the mail server logs shows that most of the >> >affected users are getting auto-deleted from the list because the receiving >> >site returns a 550 (no such user) error code during the SMTP transaction/ >> >delivery attempt. SMTP error codes are intended to be 'definitive' and >> >LISTSERV does not attempt to 'second-guess' them. >> >> RFC 821 seems to indicate that a 550 doesn't mean "no such user", it means >> >> " 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable >> [E.g., mailbox not found, no access]" > >Not to quibble, but the current RFC in force is 2821, and it says: > >> ... If the recipient >> is known not to be a deliverable address, the SMTP server returns a 550 >> reply, typically with a string such as "no such user - " and the >> mailbox name (other circumstances and reply codes are possible). > >The current spec for 550 is: > >> 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable >> (e.g., mailbox not found, no access, or command rejected >> for policy reasons) > > /Bernie\ >-- >Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA > --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
