The easiest way to distinguish this is if you are scanning the mail AFTER you have accepted delivery of the email, then discard, do not bounce.
However, if you are filtering before accepting the email, then reject.
Agreed. If you're filtering your mail after it was accepted, then you're a user, and you have the right to discard your own email. I only object to the server doing this.
As always, it is down to personal preference. I will admit that I would prefer to discard, as an email being returned to someone who is not the original sender with a virus appended can be another avenue of propogation if their virus scanning software is not upto date, or if they have no software installed.
If you're using sendmail, use the "nobodyreturn" privacy option. Bounce messages won't include the message body (only the header/subject). Presumably other MTAs have similar options.
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