Simon-

Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 2:35:17 PM, you wrote:

>> How  does  MailWasher  bounce messages? A. MailWasher uses an algorithm to
>> determine the best route to send the bounced message back (from, reply to,
>> return path) and actually sends the bounce back via your ISP's postmaster,
>> so  it  looks  exactly  like it has come from your ISP and not from you at
>> your  address.  If  the  spammer has used a fake address, then your bounce
>> message  will  itself  be  bounced  back  to  the postmaster and you won't
>> receive the bounced bounce email.

S> ...I  suspect  that  the nice folk at RITLABS wouldn't find it too difficult
S> either <g>

S> In  fact,  I  added  this  as  a  feature  request  to  be added to the Mail
S> 'Dispatcher', among others :)


Great.

So I, as postmaster, would be receiving bounce messages from users who
have been spoofing my return address and routing? That'll get them
kicked off the system as fast as I can dig up my logs.

Obviously you looked up "feature" in a different dictionary from the
one I use.

-Mark Wieder

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