inform the sender for High Scoring Spam Actions

Mark Sapiro mark at msapiro.net
Sat Apr 4 17:11:21 UTC 2020


On 4/4/20 10:01 AM, support at mmarzouki.de wrote:
> hi,
> 
> which option i have to inform the sender when his mail reached the "High Scoring Spam Actions"?
> 
> i found only this possibility:
> 
> https://www.mailscanner.info/MailScanner.conf.index.html#High%20Scoring%20Spam%20Actions
> 
> but i need a option like bounce or "notificat the senders".


I think this is a very bad idea. Most high scoring spam *should* be
actual spam, probably with a spoofed sender. If you can't reject this
mail at incoming SMTP time (not possible with current MailScanner), it
is best to not respond to the purported sender in any way.

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San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan


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