On 3/10/07, J Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 02:16:49PM +0100, the unit calling itself Peter N. M.
Hansteen wrote:
>
> > Isn't this a bit "over the top"?
> Well, people don't read these strings at all unless they're looking at
> spamd source code or doing a "telnet yourhost.tld smtp" for debugging
> purposes. The message you quote here is essentially just a preserved
> version of the telnet to smtp case.
So - are you saying that these strings will never show up in the headers
of an email message returned to a legitimate sender?
No. Headers and message are sent in the SMTP DATA portion. The
communications in the delivery setup are outside of that.
FWIW, this is a sincere question. Occasionally, I have legit business
contacts that report their messages to me don't get delivered. I would
not want potentially offensive messages to show up in the headers of
their bounced messages.
Considering that a greylisted or blacklisted delivery by definition
never reaches the MTA, there's nothing about spamd to result in
bounces in the first place.
DS
