North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Recording the return path (was Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors)
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:18:07 +0000, [email protected] said: [snip] > This whole discussion centered around the fact that > innocent 3rd parties with no ability to act, were being > sent large volumes of notifications. Once you remove the > innocent 3rd party from the equation, the shape of the > problem is quite different. > > I agree that notices should not be sent to addresses that > are likely to be forged because then innocent 3rd parties > are being spammed. However that does not mean that all > notifications are bad. > It still doesn't make sense to send notification in any form other than a "5xx stuff your malware..." response. Any MTA-admin with half a clue seeing lots of such in the logs for outbound messages should know what to do. //per -- Per Heldal [email protected]
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