> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Nick Simicich wrote: > > Also, AOL is basically in complete violation of RFCs by not bouncing the > > mail to the RFC821 MAIL FROM address. They can get away with it, because > > they are big. > Ironically, in the past AOL was screamed at for doing just what you > suggest. When they got a mass spam from a forged address, all the bounces > end up mailbombing some poor sap who happens to own the domain in > question. Because AOL is very big and is considered a target rich > environment by spammers, this means that AOL ends up bouncing a lot of > mail in a very short time. I just read they estimate they receive an average 18 million SPAMs per day. This is an example of how RFCs and other standards aren't always the best answer, because they often were written in a different environment than now exists (and other reasons, I'm sure).
