On 2010-02-02 11:30 AM, Frank Cusack <frank+lists/dove...@linetwo.net> wrote: > On February 2, 2010 9:57:12 AM +0100 Steffen Kaiser > <skdove...@smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote: >> IMHO: >> If you want to avoid backscatter, you must disable the user in the >> MTA, in order to reject the message during "rcpt to" command or at >> least in DATA. > > I don't care about backscatter.
You should - if you are a backscatter source, you *will* be blacklisted, sooner or later. > There's no reason anyone should see > significant backscatter these days; it's pretty much a solved problem. > > (watermark all outgoing email and look for that watermark on DSN reports) Yes, that helps you avoid *other* people's backscatter, but that wasn't the point of the warning: don't accept-then-bounce. If you're going to bounce it later, reject it at smtp time. -- Best regards, Charles
