On 04/03/03 at 14:09, Neil Herber opined:
> It is rumored that on or about 2003-04-03 10:53 AM -0800, Global
> Homes Webmaster wrote as follows:
> >It is arguably better to route to ERROR rather than to NULL, though,
> >because routing to ERROR will cause SIMS to reject the messages and
> >tell that to the sending MTA, so a bounce message will be generated
> >back to the message's sender.
>
> I don't think there is any argument - routing to ERROR is much better
> for handling spam because it only uses the bandwidth needed for the
> envelope, no body is transmitted. NULL routing accepts the message
> body and all and uses YOUR bandwidth.
Good point, I was just looking at it from the perspective of letting the
sender know that their message had been rejected. I'll remember the
bandwidth argument for the next time this comes up (and you know it will...
8-] ).
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Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<http://www.globalhomes.com/>
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