On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 05:34:20PM -0800, Bob Paddock enlightened us
thusly
>
> > What's wrong with spamassassin or tmda(?).
>
> Nothing.
>
> However mailfilter deletes based on the headers on the server. You
> don't have to download the spam to figure out if you want to download
> the spam...
>
>
> > a whitelist, and blacklist. If you are whitelisted, it allows it,
> > and if you are blacklisted, it dumps it.
>
> Yes, that is what Mailfilter does.
>
> > you are really out there and really want to send mail to <whoever>
> > just click 'reply'. If no reply comes, the spam goes silently after
> > 3-5 days. That way, you can be fairly sure you have a lead on
> > whoever spams you.
>
> Any response to a spammer is bad in my view. Most of the time the
> addresses are forged anyway, and it just waste all of our bandwidth.
>
That's a matter of opinion. They get a short note from me, showing I am
behind a wall. If that bounces, nobody sees it again. It saves me
looking at words line D^I^C^K in a subject line, which suits my taste.
Sure I send an automated mail at what is likely a spam address, which
bounces in the case of a spammer. Big deal IMHO.
--
With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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