How to avoid bounce using fake "From" header
Mike Kercher
mike at CAMAROSS.NET
Wed Aug 20 13:46:40 IST 2003
I doubt it. How is MailScanner to know which header is bogus and which is
not?
Mike
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From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Menno s mail list account
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 7:21 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: How to avoid bounce using fake "From" header
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 07:17:10 -0500, Max Kipness wrote
> I disagree.
>
> If there is a legitimate email flagged as spam we like to let the
> sender know, and have an email address listed on the warning email for
> them to contact us with their concens.
>
> It's happened several times.
>
> > > actually go back to my users. Is there any way to avoid this?
> >
> > Yes: Do not bounce spam messages. It is of no use whatsoever
> > anyways...
Yes, because I use a delete action as well I must send a bounce in case a
legitimate email gets incorrectly flagged.
Is there no way to avoid doing the bounce to the bogus From header?
Cheers,
Menno
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