Hi Matt- On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Matthew Black wrote:
Are you suggesting that we configure our e-mail servers to notify people upon automatic deletion of spam?
Absolutely not. I was responding to the suggestion that it's a good idea to silently drop mail which you have accepted with a 2xx SMTP rcode.
Frequently, spam cannot be properly identified until closure of the SMTP conversation and that final 200 mMESSAGE ACCEPTED..
I disagree. If your system cannot make content-based decisions on whether to accept mail until "later", it is broken by design.
.or do you think that TCP/IP connection should be held open until the message can be scanned for spam and viruses just so we can give a 550 MESSAGE REJECTED error instead of silently dropping it?
absolutely. is that actually a problem, today, in 2006?
Because most spam originates from a bogus or stolen sender address, notification creates an even bigger problem. What's next: asking for permission to hang up on telemarketers?
once again, I never advocated the generation of any such retarded blowback. matto --matt@snark.net------------------------------------------<darwin>< Moral indignation is a technique to endow the idiot with dignity. - Marshall McLuhan