-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, December 28, 2002 3:10 PM Tony L. Svanstrom <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 the voices made Mike Loiterman write: > >> I deleted the exit code for now, but I'm interested in fixing the >> permission denied message so it doesn't bounce back. Would you have any >> ideas about how to do this? I guess that's a question for the Procmail >> mailing list, but just thought I'd check here first. >> >> Hrm...I'm wondering if sending the permission denied message is an >> invitation for them to really lay it on me. In other words, they know >> they've hit a valid address, but I'm refusing their crap. Maybe they'll >> use my address as the From address so all the other bounces are directed to >> me...a DOS attack? Someone had mentioned that earlier and just wanted to >> see what others think. > > Bouncing, instead of refusing to accept, an e-mail is very complicated and > more or less impossible when it comes to spam; because almost every singel > spam arrives without a valid from-address. Usually it's the address of some > other innocent victim, or everything's /dev/null:ed. > > Bouncing is a bad thing, but we all love to mess around with it every now and > then. ;) > > > /t Ok I will just send it to /dev/null. That seems like the easiest and least offensive option. Thanks for all the help - ------------------------------------------- Randomly Generated Quote: Took an hour to bury the cat. Damn thing kept moving. Mike Loiterman PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E http://www.ascendency.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 Comment: This message has been digitally signed by Mike Loiterman iQA/AwUBPg4do2jZbUnRudGOEQJ4xgCg6QnGekWd1iAhzW7B4pCOix2Xj4gAoPPN VJ+oeC6AAVNaHyGrrXEWac+g =BMtm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- 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
