Message: 6
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:20:27 +1200
From: Jason Haar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Trimble Navigation Ltd.
To: qmail-scanner-general@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general]INCONTROLED SPAM
Jeremy Bowen wrote:
If ignorant mail-admins didn't accept the spam and *then* bounce it, we
wouldn't have this problem. Unfortunately, far too many servers are set up to
happily accept whatever is sent to them and then try to bounce it to the
(invariably) forged "From" address.
Kiaora Jeremy!
(this is known as a "dictionary attack" BTW)
"ignorant mail-admins" just about defines every standard Qmail install
out there. That's exactly what Qmail does (and Exchange BTW).
I agree that things like the goodrcptto patch can reduce this problem -
but let's not forget who is really to blame here...
Is there a patch to qmail that I can use to prevent bounces from
something that's been tagged as spam? I've taken a few cracks at this
as time allows... since as the "ignorant mail-admins" I also get all the
double-bounces. The goodrcptto patch will be applied this week.
--matthew
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