Re: [Exim] user%domain@domain.com

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Author: Brian K. West
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] user%domain@domain.com
Yes I think I will leave it as such. I received a response from the guy
that bitched me out... I flamed him and he sent a reply "Your Welcome!",
thats it hahaha...

Thanks for your input.
Brian


----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Hazel" <ph10@???>
To: "Brian K. West" <brian@???>
Cc: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Exim] user%domain@???


> On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Brian K. West wrote:
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> > Philip,
> >     Yes I did flame him really really bad.. :)  I was just wondering if

it
> > was bad to accept mail like this then bounce it, or verify recipient.
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> It is entirely up to you which you do. Either is acceptable. Many people
> prefer to verify recipient, because it reduces the number of failed
> bounce messages in the age of spam with forged senders. I find this
> sad, because it prevents you from providing a service to send back a
> helpful message about unknown local parts. We had such a service, giving
> hints on common mis-typings and referring to our web page, and gradually
> over the years the domains for which it is active have been cut back and
> cut back, as more and more spam comes with forged senders. It pisses me
> off, because the spammers are preventing me from running a service I
> want to provide to legitimate senders.
>
> --
> Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.

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