Spam Bounce action issues

[Randal, Phil]

If you can tell that they are legitimate, then there's a spamassassin rule
just waiting to be constructed.  Also, traing Bayes so the genuine stuff is
learnt as ham helps too.

IMHO, you're addressing the wrong problem with the wrong solution.

The real problem is that you're misidentifying ham as spam somewhere along
the line.

Fix that and no more bounce messages are required.

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Max Kipness
> Sent: 03 June 2004 15:14
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Spam Bounce action issues
>
> What is the suggestion then to notify legitimate users that
> their email has been stopped and to contact us without
> sending out these messages to spoofed addresses?
>
> Max
>
>
> > >Well, I have to as I need to let legitimate senders know
> that their
> > >email did not get through and that they must contact us to
> > get added to
> > >a white list. We have had many senders get added to the
> > white list this
> > >way.
> > >
> > >I run a script every 15 minutes that cleans the queue of bounces
> > >attempting to get sent to invalid addresses.
> >
> > That's not enough. That means that bounces to existing
> addresses get
> > through. And you will be blocked one time or another.
> Bouncing spam is
> > like spamming.
> >
> > --
> > Peter Peters, senior netwerkbeheerder
> > Dienst Informatietechnologie, Bibliotheek en Educatie (ITBE)
> > Universiteit Twente,  Postbus 217,  7500 AE  Enschede
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