Actually with the kill.lst, you don't waste the bandwidth, you do on the envelope rejection, but it is a fraction of what it would be if you just accepted the message. We had them in the kill.lst, but after seeing thousands of these per day, even after they get the reject notice, we ended up putting them in our black ice block file, and now the mail server doesn't even have to reject it. Guess what, black ice still blocks thousands of these a day.
Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Carter Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Is it better to ... I know it is best to handle mail based on test results, but ... for those FROM addresses we wish to block (the Flowgo's and the like), is it better to: 1 - put in the Imail kill file and return the 501 message, or 2 - accept the message, but then delete before delivery and not send the 501 message. More crudely put, do I put the dead body on the front porch for the spammer to see or invite it in and throw the body in the backyard. (Do you see what I think of spammers to have me writing in these terms?) My thoughts are no. 2. The bandwidth has already been consumed getting the message - there is no getting it back; why waste more returning the 501; I don't care if they know I'm blocking, but they might change addressing to get around the block. Or does no.2 invite more spam? Thoughts??? John --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
