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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Blocking mail from bad places
on Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 06:25:18PM -0400, John L wrote: > > >>This technique works great to keep spam out of your mailbox. > > > >Inline rejection is a little dangerous for mailing lists > > And for anyone else who doesn't feel like jumping through your hoops. > > >Providing a telephone number in the bounce is an effective way to deal > >with false positives. > > Only if you assume that everyone who writes to you is so desperate to send > you mail that they are willing to make what may be an international call > in the middle of the night. I have not found that to be a very realistic > assumption. I have to agree with John here - I've been sending back 'email me at [email protected] if this in an error' for all rejections here since 2003 or so, and can count the legit mail to postmaster I've received in that time on one hand, maybe two; the stuff that gets rejected before the accept postmaster default gets a different error, containing a phone number. I've never had anyone call me there. Not that it bothers me much - I've done my part, I figure, and if they aren't willing to email a postmaster or call, then <shrug>? What can I do? I'll add that even if everyone were willing to email/call with problems, the hideous things that (e.g.) Exchange does to your carefully handcrafted rejection errors are enough to cripple the least tech-savvy of your likely audience, anyway. -- hesketh.com/inc. v: +1(919)834-2552 f: +1(919)834-2553 w: http://hesketh.com/ antispam news, solutions for sendmail, exim, postfix: http://enemieslist.com/
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