At 11:24 PM -0500 2/10/03, Neil Herber wrote: >It looks pretty convincing to me, because the reflected delivery really does get >bounced at the HELO/envelope stage. In effect, SIMS is relaying to itself and the >relayed mail is not accepted. It also happens to deliver a copy. > >Unless I am sadly mistaken (and I have been many times) this produces the same result >you would get if the mail was addressed to one good address and one closed address. >The mail is delivered to the good address and the bounce message is returned for the >closed one.
The only difference that immediately jumps to mind is that the "bounce" message will originate from a remote server, not from their own server. A bounce at the HELO/EHLO stage, or before the e-mail is transmitted, makes their own mailer send them a bounce message; at this point it's obvious that the mail did not get delivered. However, a "bounce" message from a remote mailer says that the mail got transmitted and accepted, however temporarily. Perhaps a distinction without a difference; however, I think that I'd pay attention to it, were I a spammer. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
