At 11:29 PM -0600 11/9/03, Carol Weber Mckee wrote:
On Sunday, November 9, 2003, at 07:58 PM, John A. Ardelli wrote:
On Nov 9, 2003, at 9:57 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
John, I stopped using the "bounce" because it seemed to INCREASE the amount of spam.
Odd. I wonder why THAT would be?
The spammer now knows that he has reached a legitimate address. Carol
UHm... just checking to make sure that everybody here understands....
Spam experts pretty much agree that about 99.5% of the Spam we receive has forged "From" header, right? Bouncing, based on "From" is useless, and worse, counterproductive, as it adds to wasted 'net resources.
And there has been software available for over 5 years, IIRC, that ISPs can install which will BLOCK messages with forged headers. Unfortunately, it looks like most ISPs can't be bothered to use it.
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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
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