I agree with this, I have an option that would allow me to accept all incoming email. When it was active I had more spam incoming. When I deactivated it there was a drop in the resource usage. I know this because my mail server is behind a relay and the level in bounced email droped. The email would end up in the queue on the relay because the return address and the destination address were both fake.
Mark wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 16:10, Malte S. Stretz wrote: > > > Very nice! > > > > On my website [1] I have a public e-mail address which is created every > > time you visit a page and contains date, time and IP of the visit. > > Now, finally, I got some spam on some of those dummy addresses. > > I hate to rain on your parade, but I believe this method is self-defeating. > In order to allow "random" mail-addresses to be valid on your system -- and > you do, I checked -- you basically open yourself up to even more spam, as a > probing spam server will find an endless supply of valid email addresses for > your domain. They may all go to the same controlling user, but it will eat > up your resources. > > The more serious consequence of dropping the valid user requirement, is that > you deprived your server of a decent method of informing a connecting server > that a user account no longer exists. > > - Mark > > System Administrator Asarian-host.org > > --- > "If you were supposed to understand it, > we wouldn't call it code." - FedEx > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk -- ======================== Kevin W. Gagel Network Administrator College of New Caledonia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (250)562-2131 loc. 448 ======================== -------------------------------- The College of New Caledonia Visit us at http://www.cnc.bc.ca -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
