Thanks for the input guys. You are right about the bandwidth Len, and that is exactly what I am trying to avoid is the bandwidth usage.
At the same time I don't want to notify the spammer that his emails are being rejected so he starts looking for other methods of delivery. With my own IT issues if I know something is broken then I can fix it. Its harder to fix something when you don't know its not working. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Kill List > > >"Mail Server checks the incoming message's From > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> line. When it receives mail from an > >address > >listed in the kill file, IMail Server returns the message: > > > >501 unacceptable mail address" > > > >Is there a way to make IMail Drop the message rather than return it? > > There's no msg accepted, nothing queued, and no msg returned by Imail. > > It's an envelope reject, in the SMTP dialog. You can't get any more > "droppy" or any more efficient than that. > > Minimum impact on your server, and the most immediate notification to the > sender (whose MTA should generate a new msg to the sender notifying of > delivery failure). > > The problem with the "accept rejectable msg then silently drop it" tactic > is that you are wasting your bandwidth on the DATA portion of the spam. Dumb. > > Len > > _____________________________________________________________________ > http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: Seattle; London; San Jose; Wash DC > IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free > > > 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/ > > 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/
