On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:57:51AM +0000, Matt Sergeant wrote: > I get about 10 bounce messages a day from invalid email addresses. I > can't imagine what I would get if spam filters started auto-bouncing > too. All of these are from spam engines which have used my email address.
Another point is the additional clog on your outbound mail server. You run into this problem with an MXing SA gateway too. When a message bounces, 99% chance it's got a bad return address. But since you're sending a message out, the MTA will spin on it in the queue for a week. More spam comes in, more bounce messages wait to go out. Normally it's not a problem, assuming the mail server can handle the load. But if something goes wrong with the box and you want to make sure no one's mail's been lost, it's a lot of extra cruft to dig through before being able to say "yes boss, sendmail's got your email nice and safe". -- Ross Vandegrift [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon. He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He makes it official. It is a Cannon Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
