From: Stephen Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:50:29 -0600

   Bob Rogers wrote:
   > From: "Kevin Crannie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   > >  One thing that bothers me though.  And let me give you an example:  I
   > >  send you an email with an attachment.  The email is sent back, either
   > >  because your mail box has reached its quota or the attachment size is
   > >  too large.  However, I will never know that the email is return to
   > >  me, unless, I have the post-office's email address;
   > 
   > Bounce messages are normally accepted.  This is what does it in my
   > ~/.tmda/filters/incoming file:
   > 
   >    # Accept all bounces (messages with an empty envelope sender).
   >    from <> ok

   You certainly don't want to do this - it can open you up to quite a lot 
   of spam.

In my experience, the volume has been very small, just a few every month
or two.  There used to be viruses that sent fake bounce messages, but
they never seemed to use an empty envelope sender.

   The original question is answered in the FAQ, at:

   http://tmda.net/faq.cgi?req=all#5.4

If this is no longer considered best practice, then somebody should
probably revise the "Example Incoming Filter" on the
http://tmda.net/config-filter.html page, on which I based my initial
incoming filter.

                                        -- Bob
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