On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:30:48 -0700
Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greylisting seems to be the most effective way of eliminating unwanted
> email. The problem is that it also has the potential to eliminate a
> legitimate email. Couldn't a feature be added to greylisting software
> that dispatches an email to the sender of any email that is
> temporarily rejected and doesn't retry within a certain amount of
> time? The email could say something like, "Your message of {date} was
> rejected as possible spam. Please call us at {phone_number}."
>
> - Grant
No, thats just silly. That would send a reply to every email that is a spam.
Most spam has non-existent (or forged) "from" address, which means the mail
will just bounce or go to someone whose address has been forged.
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