Re: 5XX vs 4XX

2019-11-02 Thread Wietse Venema
John Schmerold: > I have a few email addresses that were valid 15 years ago, but they have > been invalid for 5+ years, we are rejecting them with a 450 message, my > thought is "Let's tie up this spammer's computer just a little bit" > > Good idea? Bad idea? Effective? Ineffective? I think it

Re: 5XX vs 4XX

2019-11-02 Thread Patrick Proniewski
Hi > On 02 nov. 2019, at 19:44, John Schmerold wrote: > > I have a few email addresses that were valid 15 years ago, but they have been > invalid for 5+ years, we are rejecting them with a 450 message, my thought is > "Let's tie up this spammer's computer just a little bit" > > Good idea? Bad