> > If you behave as current netiquette recommends, and immediately > > reject a message addressed to an unknown recipient: [a] your system > > will never receive the header and body of the message, so you will > > consume no resources processing them;
I received a reply which indicated that someone didn't understand that message. I will explain again, in very simple terms, and I'll CC this to the list for the benefit of anyone else who didn't understand: If you pretend to deliver misaddressed messages, instead of just rejecting them, you are not hurting the spammers [1], you are only hurting yourself [2] and your users [3]. ======== [1] In fact you may even be helping spammers make money, if their pay is based on the number of "250 after end of data" responses they receive. [2] Accepting a message consumes *more* of your resources than rejecting it would consume. Even if you don't actually deliver or bounce it. [3] Your system will mislead senders into believing undelivered messages were delivered. The sender will be angry at your user, because he will think his message was delivered and ignored. If they later find out what really happened to the message, they will both be angry at you. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
