adding a reject reason to spam messages

[Erick Perez]

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Well, if a legitimate user is sending a mail from an ip block that has
been tagged as spam-generating (like an open-proxy that was later
closed), i wanted to tell the user that his/her email was rejected/tagged
as spam because it appeared in a spam/openproxy database.

I've been in that position several times because one of the internet
providers I use is being constantly entered into spam generating
ip-blocks.

When I was blocked i whised something will bouce back telling me why was
not delivered instead of making me "think" it was delivered.

ok, maybe not the user, but how about a forward to the postmaster of the
offending domain with a copy of the message that triggered the reject?

On 12/6/05, Peter Russell <pete at enitech.com.au> wrote:
      Erick Perez wrote:
      > Is it a "correct" behavior to return a message to the
      sender telling
      > that the email was reject because it appears to come from a
      spam-listed
      > source?
      Its a very bad practise.

      > can this be implemented with mailscanner? how?
      MailScanner does this. But why do you want to?
      >
      > Something like the original message with the following text
      appended to
      > the top of the body:
      > " Your message was reject because your domain (or ip) is
      listed in one
      > or more spam-blacklist servers."

      Almost none of the return addresses will be accurate ... for
      starters
      ... in the WIKI there is some good info on this if i remember
      right with
      a link to site who discuss only this particular part of spam
      protection.

      What is it you want to achieve?
      Pete

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