[spambayes-dev] [ spambayes-Feature Requests-761383 ] Bounce back
spam messages
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Feature Requests item #761383, was opened at 2003-06-26 14:22
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Category: Interface Improvements (example)
Group: None
>Status: Closed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Dale (daledude)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Bounce back spam messages
Initial Comment:
I think the ability to configure the option to "bounce"
spam back to the spammer would help a bit in
eliminating repeat spam from the same spammer.
Depending on the spammer of course. Possibly allow
configurable text for the bounce so it looks like a true
qmail/postfix/sendmail bounce?
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>Comment By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Date: 2003-06-26 15:42
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Not a good idea in general. Bouncing spam does one of three
things:
1. Aggravates the person whose email address was forged.
2. Causes another message to bounce back telling you about
the account's over quota or recently closed status.
3. Tells the spammers (if they are actually listening to that
email address) that your email is valid and that they should
send you more spam.
All three cases are bad. I've never encountered a scenario
where bounding the mail helps. If you can bounce it at the
MTA (during the SMTP session) that can help, but not after
the message has been received and delivered.
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