Todd makes my point exactly. As he notes, the rejection message
tells me that the message was rejected by some system. It does not
tell my why it was rejected. Thus, just like this message, it adds
more to the noise to signal ratio!
Cutler
At 4/5/2007 12:28 PM -0700, todd glassey wrote:
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From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>James R. Cutler
To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Blocking mail from bad places
At 4/5/2007 08:38 AM -0700, Thomas Leavitt wrote:
One problem with the "bounce" solution is that <snip/>
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So, I (Cutler) add:
And, even the best-intentioned bounce messages often give lots of
data, but no information, thus increasing the noise to signal
ratio. For example, Paul most likely knows what the following means
to him. To me it just means I can't send mail to Paul.
Except that this message tells you why you cant send mail to Paul -
because Paul's system refused it, not because Paul's system didnt
exist or that Paul's address was bad.
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
host sa.vix.com [204.152.187.1]: 553 5.7.1 Service unavailable;
Client host [209.86.89.61] blocked using reject-all.vix.com; created / reason
------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------
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James R. Cutler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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James R. Cutler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
