> True it won't get caught in the trap, but in some cases this would > generate more spam for the "sender" still. There are not that many end > users who interact at the MTA level. The rejecting MTA refuses to accept
> the mail and tells the sending MTA so, the sending MTA then generates a > refused delivery message to the sender who never knew about the original > email in the first place because the sender address was forged. So > someone has still got spam. > That is unlikely, as spam programs will not bother creating a bounce message for the originating sender, it would just be a waste of its time. eg: A spam host connects to my server, attempts to send an email, my server rejects it. Since spam hosts are usually designed for maximum output, it then simply ignores it. No bounce. A user sends an email, my server rejects it incorrectly identify it as spam. The sending mta sends an email back to the user saying it was rejected. Wheres the spam bounce? Cheers, Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
