On Thursday, July 07, 2011 04:30:27 am Ian Eiloart wrote: > No, you should not bounce spam because the spammer won't know about it, but > SMTP time rejections will be different. A bonnet host won't keep hammering > away at a server that consistently refuses its mail.
I'm not sure of that. We used to run an ISP. Back in the dialup days. We still have the domain name and we keep email on it live, but with no active email accounts. Strictly as an academic study to see if the email will ever stop. We still get tens of thousands of hits every day, almost all from spammers. They're all refused, no local address. But they keep coming. Year to year percent of change so far is less than 1%. I suppose I could create my own blocklists using the data. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our blists address used on lists is for list email only Phone +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; -- ## List details at https://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/
