Some really newbie quesitons.

[Matt Kettler]

At 07:26 AM 5/28/2004, Paul wrote:
>2. when I get MailScanner to bounce spam, what email address will it use?
>Can I set it to a special address, i.e. do-not-reply@ etc. etc.

Please don't use MailScanner to bounce spam unless you've spent some time
to at least understand the implications.

By bouncing spam you are effectively increasing the problem of a "joe job"
from a single-source DoS to a multi-source DDoS attack.

If you really must "bounce" spam, I'll plead with you to use a tool which
can do it right and instead of doing a post-delivery bounce reject it at
the SMTP layer.  Unfortunately this involves using a milter-level tool,
which isn't what Mailscanner is.

If you post-delivery bounce messages, a joe job victim has to block each
and every server generating bounces, including yours. If you reject them,
the joe job victim only has to block the one relay that the spammer abused
as a source. MUCH simpler.

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