Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: > Hi Shachar, > Both Spamhaus and SORBS are *not* listing IP's on the basis of bounces, It's good to know that there are some RBLs you can use. > only on the basis of actual spam received, which happens occasionally, > despite the generally good policing efforts that gmail and yahoo do. Yes, it does. > BTW, Baruch Siach also configured our main server (sendmail) not to > relay out bounce messages from our clients' servers that relay out to > the world through us since these are about 99% spam bounces. Wouldn't it be better to just do spam filtering on the bounces? I find the habit of not sending bounces a dangerous one. People are quite used to having email either received or a NACK sent. Doing neither is dangerous, especially in a business environment.
Think of a scenario. You meet a potential client and hand him your business card. He is quite impressed with your company, and sends an email asking for a price quote. He does, however, mistype the email address, which results in the email not actually being received. You filter the bounce, so the potential also doesn't receive the bounce, and does not think to check whether he mis-spelled the email. Maybe you'll manage to salvage the client when he angrily calls to ask why he didn't hear from you for a week. Maybe he never calls. I rather send the bounce and not find out. > Regards, > > - yba > Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
