Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Bill Cole via mailop
On 2022-09-05 at 18:16:06 UTC-0400 (Tue, 6 Sep 2022 00:16:06 +0200) Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop is rumored to have said: Dnia 5.09.2022 o godz. 17:56:13 Bill Cole via mailop pisze: Yes, of course, but he said he is using "reject_unverified_recipient" which is RECIPIENT address verification, a

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Bill Cole via mailop
On 2022-09-05 at 18:07:37 UTC-0400 (Tue, 6 Sep 2022 01:07:37 +0300) Atro Tossavainen via mailop is rumored to have said: Fine. You're responsible for delivering mail submitted to you, and it is entirely reasonable to confirm that the entity you are accepting it from has provided a usable addres

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jay Hennigan via mailop
On 9/5/22 15:13, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: Dnia 5.09.2022 o godz. 14:45:40 Michael Peddemors via mailop pisze: This is the only argument that holds any kind of merit, but if you want to REALLY see if the person intended to register, send them a real email, as in confirmed double opt-in,

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 5.09.2022 o godz. 17:56:13 Bill Cole via mailop pisze: > > Yes, of course, but he said he is using "reject_unverified_recipient" which > is RECIPIENT address verification, a tool which is used to prevent > backscatter on machines that do legitimate relaying of mail. Sorry, I used the wrong

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 5.09.2022 o godz. 14:45:40 Michael Peddemors via mailop pisze: > > This is the only argument that holds any kind of merit, but if you want to > REALLY see if the person intended to register, send them a real email, as in > confirmed double opt-in, that they have to click on. Otherwise, I can

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Atro Tossavainen via mailop
> Fine. You're responsible for delivering mail submitted to you, and > it is entirely reasonable to confirm that the entity you are > accepting it from has provided a usable address. What Postfix then > does to verify it is exactly what would be done if a message was > simply accepted without verif

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jay Hennigan via mailop
On 9/5/22 13:51, Atro Tossavainen via mailop wrote: Yes, Sender Address Verification is abusive as well because it causes the systems doing it to woodpecker on anybody whose addresses are forged as senders in spam. And so is Challenge/Response based spam filtering. Agreed, but so is recipient

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Bill Cole via mailop
On 2022-09-05 at 16:51:34 UTC-0400 (Mon, 5 Sep 2022 23:51:34 +0300) Atro Tossavainen via mailop is rumored to have said: Regarding the above, I have the following question: What do you (and maybe other people on the list) think about such email verification method ("abusing RCPT TO") used as

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jarland Donnell via mailop
send the applicant a copy of their completed form And that right there is where a lot of my customers get in trouble. It's a shame but these days, you can't even send a "Hello {name}" to anyone from a form or you just end up sending "Hey get_cheap_viagra_at_this_website.tld" though it is mild

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Bill Cole via mailop
On 2022-09-05 at 16:27:13 UTC-0400 (Mon, 5 Sep 2022 22:27:13 +0200) Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop is rumored to have said: Dnia 5.09.2022 o godz. 22:39:01 Atro Tossavainen via mailop pisze: So do all the ESPs. But their customers send mail, and the recipients are able to act upon it, informing th

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Atro Tossavainen via mailop
> Atro appears to object to this use. I disagree. It's abusable. Your users might not be who you think they will be. > Arguably this is less expensive than "double opt in", which is doing > a similar thing. Yes. It also returns a different category of result. > One way around that might be for

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-09-05 13:27, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: What do you (and maybe other people on the list) think about such email verification method ("abusing RCPT TO") used as part of: a) mail receiving process - I'm thinking here for example about the Postfix feature "reject_unverified_recipient"

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Andrew C Aitchison via mailop
On Mon, 5 Sep 2022, Atro Tossavainen via mailop wrote: Regarding the above, I have the following question: What do you (and maybe other people on the list) think about such email verification method ("abusing RCPT TO") used as part of: a) mail receiving process - I'm thinking here for example

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Atro Tossavainen via mailop
> Regarding the above, I have the following question: > > What do you (and maybe other people on the list) think about such email > verification method ("abusing RCPT TO") used as part of: > > a) mail receiving process - I'm thinking here for example about the Postfix > feature "reject_unverified

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 5.09.2022 o godz. 22:39:01 Atro Tossavainen via mailop pisze: > > So do all the ESPs. But their customers send mail, and the recipients > are able to act upon it, informing the ESP of problem clients and > sometimes even getting traction. > > In the case of email verifiers, there is no mess

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Michael Rathbun via mailop
On Mon, 5 Sep 2022 12:27:05 -0700, Jay Hennigan via mailop wrote: >I assume that: >- When I walk up to a bank teller wearing a mask One of the irritating aspects of the unnecessary pandemic was that my very favorite Jack Vance quote became awkwardly inoperative. mdr -- "Honest folk do not wear

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Atro Tossavainen via mailop
Czesc, Radek, > We assume that: > - our customer (data controller) who requested us to verify the email address > got it in a legal way > - our customer is obeying anti-spam policies. So do all the ESPs. But their customers send mail, and the recipients are able to act upon it, informing the ESP

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jay Hennigan via mailop
On 9/5/22 12:12, Bill Cole via mailop wrote: On 2022-09-05 at 14:42:38 UTC-0400 (Mon, 5 Sep 2022 11:42:38 -0700) Jay Hennigan via mailop is rumored to have said: On 9/5/22 07:48, Radek Kaczynski via mailop wrote: We assume that: - our customer (data controller) who requested us to verify the

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Bill Cole via mailop
On 2022-09-05 at 14:42:38 UTC-0400 (Mon, 5 Sep 2022 11:42:38 -0700) Jay Hennigan via mailop is rumored to have said: On 9/5/22 07:48, Radek Kaczynski via mailop wrote: We assume that: - our customer (data controller) who requested us to verify the email address got it in a legal way - our c

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Jay Hennigan via mailop
On 9/5/22 07:48, Radek Kaczynski via mailop wrote: We assume that: - our customer (data controller) who requested us to verify the email address got it in a legal way - our customer is obeying anti-spam policies. What logical basis or evidence do you have to support this assumption? -- Jay

Re: [mailop] Anyone have a contact for Cloudmark CSI

2022-09-05 Thread admin admin via mailop
Thank you! Just sent you an email. Much appreciated. On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 3:54 AM James Hoddinott wrote: > Feel free to ping me with any issues > > On Sat, 3 Sept 2022 at 15:54, admin admin via mailop > wrote: > >> Can anyone here point me to a contact for dealing with a problem >> regarding

Re: [mailop] SMTP noise from *.bouncer.cloud

2022-09-05 Thread Radek Kaczynski via mailop
Hi Andrew, Ladies & Gentlemen, > > Coincidentally, I have just been helping someone enable SMTP VRFY in exim. > I suppose that you do use VRFY > when it is availble ? That's interesting indeed - we haven't implemented SMTP VRFY as it is very uncommon. However, I truly think that it would be gr

Re: [mailop] Anyone have a contact for Cloudmark CSI

2022-09-05 Thread James Hoddinott via mailop
Feel free to ping me with any issues On Sat, 3 Sept 2022 at 15:54, admin admin via mailop wrote: > Can anyone here point me to a contact for dealing with a problem regarding > Cloudmark CSI. > > I tried their website for support but they have not replied. > __