True true. And in that case not only are you sending useless mail to innocent people, you could be inadvertently telling real people that you don't exist anymore.
All good reasons why Bounce is not a good idea -- but just a feel good measure. On 9/8/02 6:32 AM, "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> To be honest, it's not clear that "bouncing" your mail actually does >> anything useful, other than to make you feel better. >> >> I've been doing this for a while on a web-ui mail account that I have, and >> the spam hasn't dropped at all. >> >> Which makes sense: spammers simply pass around these gigantic lists. Do they >> really care if an address is invalid or not? (No) > > Spammers will often use a return address of someone they want to harass. > Bouncing and returning Spam can then create a problem for an innocent > person. Spammers rarely see bounced messaged. Best you can do is notify the > originating ISP. The ISP IP address is not usually forged. SpamCop can be > used to send to the ISP abuse address. > George > -- Dennis T Cheung | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://dennistcheung.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
