The problem isn't with the legitimate mail -- it's with the real spam.> 99% of spam is sent with bogus return addresses, you just end up making the > spam problem worse. For example, if you receive 1,000 spams a day that are > caught (held) with the WEIGHT20 test, and then today change that action to > bounce the E-mail, you are increasing spam worldwide by 1,000 spams a > day. That's bad.I have it set so WEIGHT 10 marks it (in headers, I should do this in the subject), WEIGHT 15 bounces and WEIGHT 20 deletes it. It works for me so far. I do get some responses from people on bounced email and I do my best to help them and/or whitelist their email address.
If you bounce 1,000 spams per day (rather than hold them), you're contributing to the spam problem (essentially being a spammer yourself, as you are sending out unwanted E-mail).
Imagine if a spammer sends out 1,000,000 E-mails with *YOUR* return address. How are you going to feel about the company or ISP that bounces that spam to you?
-Scott
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