Spam bounce message

[Julian Field]

At 20:11 28/09/2002, you wrote:
>If the SMTP server the spammer connected to accepted the message it was
>already marked quite likely as valid unless they used an open relay.
>Usually the return address on a SPAM does not work anyway though.  Also,
>just in case of a false hit you would want an explanation to a legitimate
>sender.

The bounce message can include a list of what traps caught the original
spam message (in V4).

> > I've been playing with this in 4.0 and was wondering... Wouldn't it
> > better for MS to bounce back the message in such a way that it appears
> > to be a Mailer-Daemon rejection message?  Basically making it appear to
> > have come from the MTA?  I wouldn't think spammers are going to look
> > that closely at the header and see that it's not a real bounce.  If the
> > bounce message appears to be a rejection then "maybe" and I do mean
> > maybe, the address would get removed from their list.

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