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-----Original Message----- From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Simon Waters Sent: 09 July 2004 18:17 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] sendmail rejects
Indeed even antispam solutions that comply with this model can cause issues, such as when I switched on Brightmail on my Demon account and the bounces it sent caused my GNU mailing list subscriptions to be suspended (it was bouncing the spam from the bug reporting address (open mailing list) which triggered the "too many bounces from this address rule" in mailman).
How about a script that only lets in mail from people you know, and consigns everything else "to be checked later"? It does I grant you have the drawback of people genuinely referred to you (maybe by a business acquaintance) being initially put in the wrong box. Also anyone who has their mail client incorrectly configured would be dumped. However, since the majority of people mailing would be known to the recipient, then this ought to kill spam stone dead. A bounce would probably be configured to give the postmaster address of course, so that anyone genuinely trying to contact you could use that address, and thereby get added to the whitelist. Kind regards, Julian --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.711 / Virus Database: 467 - Release Date: 25/06/2004 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.