Spam Actions

[Peter Peters]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:31:59 -0500, you wrote:

>> It should still be possible to whitelist ones own IP's and the
>> postmaster/abuse/admin accounts.
>>
>Agreed, but I think it best to be judicious in generating a bounce for a
>black list hit. My preference is to only send the bounce back if it
>looks like a legitimate email message that just happens to originate
>from a black listed site. Spammers who take advantage of an open relay
>or those that fall for the "make money with your computer at home" could
>care less if the get a bounce (and most will never be delivered anyway).
>It's the innocent user that just happens to be at a black listed site
>that I'm concerned about.

To make it even more difficult:

Bounce the message referencing the blacklist if SA doesn't qualify it as
spam. Don't bounce when SA says it's spam.

--
Peter Peters
senior netwerkbeheerder,  Centrum voor Informatievoorziening,
Universiteit Twente,   Postbus 217,  7500 AE  Enschede
telefoon: +31 53 489 2301, fax:+31 53 489 2383, http://www.utwente.nl/civ