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Re: SMTP in distributed DOS

  • From: Steve Sobol
  • Date: Mon Feb 21 16:22:26 2000

Michael Shields wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Dirk Harms-Merbitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Why don't we all just turn SMTP bounces OFF? Like return-receipts,
> > the information content in bounces is very low.
>
> MTAs must not silently drop mail.  Mail is precious.

Not to mention that if there's a legitimate problem, how are you going
to fix
it if you don't know about it?


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