> -----Original Message----- > From: Kai MacTane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] [RD] rule discussion > > > At 7/25/03 07:09 AM , Chris Santerre wrote: > >Well I've done another update on the rules site. Some great rules > >submitted again. Lots I want to incorporate myself. I have > received a few > >rules that score points for bounced emails. What is > everyone's take on this? > > > >Yes bounces can be generated by spam, but for the most part > I believe them > >to be legit. I think it may be dangerous to start scoring > bounces. IMHO. > > I'm guessing my QMAIL_DBL_BOUNCE rule may be (at least part > of) the reason > you're bringing this up. Personally, I have *almost never* seen a > double-bounce message that wasn't spam-generated. ("Almost > never" means, > "in six years of postmaster duties, I may have seen one or > two that were > legit... but I can't recall them at the moment.") > > For me, a double-bounce message is nearly certain to be spam. > Which is why > I wrote up that rule. > > I agree with your note that you're "Not sure it will be for > everyone"; it's > mostly of use to mail admins running Qmail. (Honestly, nobody > else should > ever see any Qmail double-bounces...) > > Of course, nobody is ever obliged to use *any* of these > rules. Even if I > weren't the submitter for this particular rule, I think I'd > be against a > policy of "let's not have any rules of type X". I'd rather > that they all be > submitted and discussed -- perhaps even have warnings on some > of them, like > "Beware: this rule might result in [insert nasty side-effects > here]! Use at > your own risk!" But I think it's better to put them forward as > possibilities, and let people decide what will help them in their own > particular situation. That's part of what rule customization > is all about. > > --Kai MacTane
Agreed. Which is why I added it to the list :) I didn't want to make comments in the Emporium archives, I might look like some know it all. Which I am far from! But I felt I had to at least put some sort of warnings on a couple. I am going to be writing up an opinion based rule tweaking page for the Emporium today (I hope). Which is why I was looking for some feedback on the bounces. I hadn't noticed they were double bounces. Thanks for the submissions! I plan to use a few! Chris Santerre System Admin and SA Custom Rules Emporium keeper http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/sa_rules.htm "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
