>>>>> "David" == David Saez Padros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> In the best case (when there isn't a specific spammer actively >> forging just our domain) we see about 100 times as many abusive >> callouts (ones not in response to mail we sent) as >> legitimate/excusable callouts (ones caused by mail that actually >> came from us), and about 10% of our incoming SMTP connections are >> from blowback sources (callouts, C/R and bounce blowback - we >> can't reliably distinguish them). David> so for this 10% you don't know how many bounces are callouts David> or real bounces ? then how you know which are abusive and David> which not ? All of them are abusive, because all of them are an attempt to send either a bounce, a C/R message or a callout in response to mail that we did not send. >> Having a whitelist for known _legitimate_ senders does not reduce >> in any way the number of _abusive_ callouts you do, by definition. David> what you perceive as abusive callouts are protective in my David> point of view. But you're forcing me to devote _my_ resources to protecting _your_ network. How is this not abusive? -- Andrew, Supernews http://www.supernews.com -- ## 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/
