Len's right about having nobody@ bite you in the long run... But note that any messages processed by a rule doesn't get processed by another rule...so "domain filters not interfering with users filter" is pretty much impossible
gd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] nobody alias supercedes domain filters > > Yes, that seems reasonable, however, it also allows the spammer to know > > which addresses work. knowing a valid recipient address is not sufficient information for anybody to deliver to that address, is it? (your MX defensive policies are there to prevent that), so don't waste your time on a scheme to hide legit addresses. >By accepting everything ... you commit suicide, when 70+% of "everything" is crap, as high as 90% at some MX's I admin. You waste (far) more incoming bandwidth on spam than you spend for legit mail, and you waste you servers' critical $$resources handling all that crap. Imail nobody domains are almost never a justifiable tactic. You might get away with nobody@ if you are a tiny server with brand new domains the spammers haven't found yet, but eventually, nobody@ will bite your posterior. >, they can't remove addresses > > that don't exist and thus refine their list. "refine" and "spammers" are not words to be used in the same sentence. Spamming is totally unrefined, shotgunning, volume-based activity. >It means more lines in my log > > files, but I'm hoping to do my part to fight spam. admirable sentiment, but nobody@ doesn't help the fight, and will certainly hurt you sooner or later. Len _____________________________________________________________________ http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam gateway, runs on 1000's of sites 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/
