OT: Sendmail REJECT or DISCARD preference

Hugo van der Kooij hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org
Sat Mar 29 08:11:47 GMT 2008


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Matt Kettler wrote:
| Peter Farrow wrote:
|
|>> Steve.
|> If you reject,  and its spoofed you'll get it back anyway, so you end
|> up receiving and then storing it in the postmaster address, it is
|> always best to discard in this scenario...or even worse bouncing it again
|>
|
| Stop confusing REJECT with post delivery bouncing :) See my other post
| in this thread.

There is one point to take in account. REJECT works great if the
spammers delivers directly. But if you get it through an open relay the
whole notification game goes into play.

Hugo

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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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