On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:36:12 PST, "william(at)elan.net" said:
They are correct in this case. The address entered in RFC2821 MAIL FROM is "Bounces-To" address and it must accept bounced email and as such it must accept incoming emails. If the address does not accept traffic as you indicated should not be used in MAIL FROM and different adddress from local machine should be used. Please read email RFCs and then you'll
Yes - *you* know that the address you put in the MAIL FROM: should be one that you know is willing to accept any bounces you may be about to generate, and *I* know that. The problem is that the spammer (I include A/V companies that still generate rejection notices) knows that as well - and doesn't feel the same need to follow the rules and be a good netizen. Yes, it's a royal pain trying to follow a protocol when you know up front that there's a 70% to 90% chance that the other person is intentionally failing to follow it....