On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 04:12:32PM -0800, MRob wrote: > On 2017-03-09 14:35, /dev/rob0 wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:44:04PM -0800, MRob wrote: > >>Are there any admins with opinions where in the order is best > >>for postmaster/abuse whitelisting? > > > >My opinion is "don't do it." I use smtpd_reject_footer to > >point to my web page for frustrated human senders. If they're > >not smart enough to read the fine error message they got, > >they're going to struggle with fixing the problem, also. > > > >One thing my page suggests is that they can contact me through > >any typical freemail services, such as gmail, Yahoo, and GMX. > >Which is true: my postscreen and smtpd restrictions do not > >block them. > > OK, that's a great idea. Thank you for the tip. Is this quite > common?
I can't speak to what is common, nor do I think anyone truly can. But I can tell you my story. I tried that, once, bypassing restrictions for my postmaster@ and abuse@ addresses. Of all the addresses I have, my postmaster@ addresses are the most heavily spammed. My site is small but it cannot be exclusive, because it's a free software project with worldwide users and contributors. I've only seen a handful of actual, legitimate messages to postmaster. (And then a few non-spam that should not have been sent to postmaster, also.) Sure, you can do what you want, and in theory it sounds prudent to exempt postmaster & abuse from spam controls, but in practice, it turns out only to be a way to get yourself a lot more spam. I don't have enough rejections to be able to gauge what others are doing at their sites. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
