> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Grau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 February 2002 15:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Rejecting Spam at Sendmail > > > Sendmail has a discard mailer, but the subject filter I have > in place rejects messages, rather than discarding them. I suppose > it could be written to use the discard mailer (but I am not a > programmer), but why do you prefer to blackhole rather than > rejecting the message? I could accept and then black hole messages > from places that are attemptng to use me as an open relay also, > but the usual practice is to just not allow it. > Often the place to reject to doesn't exist, so you'll just waste CPU cycles and bandwidth that could be better used elsewhere. Even when it does exist, it could be an innocent victim who gets flooded by the reject messages.
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