Jeroen van Aart wrote: > > "Bounces should only be sent if the receiver knows they'll be "usefully > delivered." This is code for: Don't sent bounces when your system > rejects spam or virus traffic, or you'll become an Internet pariah." > > That sounds nice in theory. But how can you ever in a sane manner > determine with reasonable certainty a bounce will be usefully delivered? > If you try to make this work it makes it also more likely legitimate > bounces will not be sent out. Which in turns conflicts with: > > "Silently discarding messages is not prohibited, but it is strongly > discouraged." > > Or am I missing something totally obvious?
Yes. It means, "reject spam at SMTP time, not by accepting and bouncing. Only accept messages at SMTP time that you believe you can successfully deliver." - Marc -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
