> From: Eric Tykwinski > This is were I wish there was some standardization of bounce messages. > If email server operators could receive reports of X number of bounces > reliably it may cut down on the number of compromised accounts considerably, > by scripting some sort of shutdown of the account.
Eric, bounce messages in theory *are* (should be) standardized; it's in practice that they aren't. Since even before Email Deliverability Summit II, back in 2003 (so for more than 12 years), the call for email receivers to adhere to the standardized bounce handling outlined in various RFCs was strong. ( http://www.isipp.com/documents/summitii-release.pdf ), and the receivers that attended Summit II were very much in agreement and on board. (Which is where this set of agreed-to policy standards was developed: http://www.isipp.com/resources/email-policy-standards/ ) Steve Koenig (then of YesMail) and Mark Herrick (then of RoadRunner) wrote the white paper "Bounce Handling Process, Email Delivery Rejection, and Receiving System Policies" for the Summit ( http://www.isipp.com/documents/bouncehandling-paper.pdf ), and presented this PPT presentation on the subject at the Summit: http://www.isipp.com/documents/bouncehandling.pdf Every single receiver who was there (the current big 4, and many others) were all in complete agreement, and everybody left the Summit feeling encouraged, optimistic, and all kumbaya. The problem, at least in part, is that often the people who 'get it' aren't the ones who either set policy, or have control over the practices. And that's before you even start thinking about how big fish eat little fish but don't rejigger the little fish's bounce handling, etc. etc. By the way, you do know to also check your mail logs for bounces, and to not just rely on bounce messages that are emailed back to the sender, right? Anne Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. CEO/President ISIPP SuretyMail Email Reputation, Accreditation & Certification Your mail system + SuretyMail accreditation = delivered to their inbox! http://www.SuretyMail.com/ http://www.SuretyMail.eu/ Author: Section 6 of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 Member, California Bar Cyberspace Law Committee Ret. Professor of Law, Lincoln Law School of San Jose 303-731-2121 | [email protected] | @AnnePMitchell | Facebook/AnnePMitchell _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list [email protected] http://chilli.nosignal.org/mailman/listinfo/mailop
