On 6/4/05 5:02 PM, "Wakko Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris Edwards wrote: >> OK - so only block the *spam* addressed to postmaster - avoid blocking the >> other messages ;-) >> >> When blocking, give an unfiltered support address in the 5xx response. >> This doesn't have to be "postmaster". >> >> These days, our postmaster mailbox is deluged with spam. Before long >> there won't be any time for sleeping and/or eating - we'll be here 24x7 >> just deleting the spam. > > Quite curious. How many postmasters actually respond to spam? Could it be > spammers are pissed at postmasters or know they are supposed to accept the > email? Being that I run my own server and it's for 1 user, I don't treat > postmaster specially. If I ran a larger system, it would be different > (however, I still wouldn't accept email from korea! =) I've never understood why spammers send to postmaster...the one address most likely to reach a person who will do something to keep their mail out of the rest of the system (even if that is passing it along to a guru). (Greylisting helps that...postmaster messages here bypass that, giving me some time to check whether the other controls are blocking it for the real people (the clients).) If I happen to see it in time. --John -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
