On Tuesday, September 5, 2006, 16:25:00, Paul Fuhrmeister wrote:
> Seems my server sent email to a SpamCop spam trap. Now they've black
> listed me for spamming.
>
> I don't send bulk mail or anything. This happened while no one was
> even here using our mail system. All I can figure is, we bounced
> un-deliverable message back to the sender, which was a forged address
> - a SpamCop spam trap.

A good reason to only "reject" undesired e-mail and never "bounce" it.

> It seems to me that, if I can identify a spam cop spam trap address,
> all I need to do is send an email to an invalid address at a server
> "FROM" that spam trap address, and I can get that server black listed.

Only if that server "bounces" mail! If it "rejects" it you'll still be
stuck with it.

> I can probably identify that address. Maybe I can black list spam cop in
> their own system. 

I doubt it, I'd be very surprised if their MTA "bounces" anything.

-- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]     "The avalanche has already started, it is too
Rod Dorman              late for the pebbles to vote." - Ambassador Kosh

To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/

Reply via email to