On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 10:18:30AM +1100, Phil Scarratt wrote:
> Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> >This one time, at band camp, Scott Ragen wrote:
> >
> >>IMHO its better for a sender to get "Your Mail has been rejected due to 
> >>suspected spam", then the email getting lost in the spam box never to be 
> >>seen.
> >
> >Except that they don't get that message.  Instead they get a long, 
> >cryptic bounce message which _might_ include the the text the receiving 
> >MTA sends buried somewhere inside it.  In my experience users don't read 
> >beyond the "your message cannot be delivered", even moderately technical 
> >users.
> >
> >This is something the MTAs generating the bounce message could be a 
> >_lot_ better at.
> >
> 
> And then people start getting bounced messages for emails they didn't 
> even send (faked from address) which adds to the spam. IMHO spam should 
> not be bounced.
agreed

> 
> Fil
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