On a related note--
I have a mailing list with a single user who randomly bounces spam to
the mailing list because his filters tag it as spam.
His poorly performing spam filter (no clue if it's SA or not) is
affecting 100's or 1000's of users who generally want him hurt.
Additionally, he doesn't actually bounce it. It goes into temporary
failure for days before it's finally rejected and then (this is the
best part) there is no reason given for the rejection other than
delivery time expired. Which means no one knows why they were
rejected. Makes his server look broken.
On Jun 17, 2007, at 3:51 AM, jdow wrote:
From: "WLamotte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sorry if this is an obvious question but why isn't there an option
for
Spamassassin to bounce spam? Sure it does a good job at filtering
spam but I
don't want it from my web(mail)server to my inbox. I want my web- or
mailserver to bounce suspected spam. Is this a feature that could be
implemented?
TIA,
Because there are people like me who submit sites that bounce spam
to me
to SpamHaus, SpamCop, and others?
"There is no way to bounce spam," is a good general rule to follow.
There is nothing in the message, usually, that tells you precisely who
sent the spam. The return path, reply to, and sender or "from" fields
are all forgeable. Sites that bounce spam after the receipt
transaction
is over are aiding spammers rather than helping poor sods who have
been
hacked.
Having been a victim of a forged "From:" address hack, a Joe Job, I
can
tell you reliably that I will crawl through the wires back to the MTA
that bounced back to me and rip the CPU out of the hard drive. And if
the operator is nearby I will rip his heart out through his mouth.
{o.o} Joanne hates idiots who bounce and thus commit joe jobs.
'Nuf said?
