adding a reject reason to spam messages

[Kai Schaetzl]

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Sam Przyswa wrote on         Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:08:04 +0100:

> I have the same problem with a customer of mine, some sender are on 
> blacklisted ip bloc or blacklisted ISP mail server, and the mails are 
> quietly rejected by MailScanner,

Why does Mailscanner *reject* them? You should not do this! Rejection 
after MTA stage should only be used in rare circumstances because there 
are a 1.000 innocent victims for one rejected mail from a legitimate 
sender.

> 2 days ago he loosed an important mail from 
> its lawyer because of
> that.

Why don't you whitelist his lawyer?

Kai

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