Spam Bounce action issues

[Julian Field]

At 16:25 04/06/2004, you wrote:
>On Friday, June 04, 2004 4:34 PM Max Kipness wrote:
>
> > I for one understand the implications. The problem is I
> > CANNOT allow critical messages to possibly disappear in a
> > black hole. I'm not sure if there is a 100% accurate way of
> > assuring no false-positives, but I'm not there yet. I guess
> > maybe it depends on what type of business you are handling. I
> > have a financial brokerage firm that won't tolerate it.
>
>Then bouncing is not a solition for you either. Many of those
>newsletters etc. tend to have an invalid "Mail From" as well. Or the
>bounce is never read etc. The only way you can surely achieve what you
>want is to flag spam and deliver everything. The user could then filter
>spam in local folders (even seperated by low/high spam) browse through
>it and delete spam en block. There simply is no other way to be
>absolutely sure! Even though I handle it differently I completely see
>your point here. BUT: Your point is valid, choosing bounce to solve the
>problem is not since it does not solve your problem!

There is only one person that can decide with 100% certainty whether a
message is spam or not: the recipient.
By all means tag it, encapsulate it, whatever. But the only 100% safe
solution to your situation is to deliver all of it. I would strongly advise
you not to do anything else.
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