List Mail User wrote:

> since you have mentioned that you do/did use Postfix - there is an
> option to have Postfix perform that task.

Yeah, but I'm on a mission to convert the binary pass-fail tests in
postfix into probability tests in SA, and this is on that list.

I don't even use the call-back system in postfix here, but friends and
clients have been known to.

> That said:  everyone I find doing callbacks, gets a letter asking them 
> to stop (at least to my addresses);  Until I recognize the pattern,
> they look just like SMTP port scanners and/or address
> verification/harvesting `bots. Also, the Postfix notes warn that you
> should expect people to complain if you enable the option:)

Yep. One option might be to cache addresses so that it only does it once
per sender per ~six month window, although I'm not keen on keeping a
database with this.

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Eric A. Hall                                        http://www.ehsco.com/
Internet Core Protocols          http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/

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