OT: Sendmail REJECT or DISCARD preference

[Richard Siddall]

Steve Campbell wrote:
> Since we're hitting the access file pretty hard today, I thought I'd ask 
> a question about what most might put in there.
> 
> I typically use the DISCARD parameter instead of the REJECT, with the 
> reason being I don't want to add to the trash on the web. What do most 
> use here and am I correct in thinking that DISCARD is less bandwidth and 
> CPU intensive?
> 
> Thanks for any thoughts.
> 

I think it depends on your confidence factor that the message is spam. 
If there's any chance it's a false positive, you'll want to REJECT it so 
that the sender gets a useful error message.

Regards,

	Richard Siddall