Tom Kistner wrote:
>> I can, however, and do 550 reject scanned messages if they violate site
>> policy (confirmed spam, MS executables.) At the same time I silently
>> save/quarantine the rejected message, in case I've (SA has) boobed. The
>> (in 99,5% non-existent) sender never gets to know that it's been saved.
>
> How do you save or quarantine it while rejecting it? With SA-Exim, I
> suppose? :)
There are more ways to kill a cat than choking it with cheese, as my
gran used to say. Or was it "feeding it bits of string?" ;)
> If the message is spam and gets rejected with 550, the spammer (or his
> bulk mailer) do not presume that it has been delivered, maybe
> discouraging him to send more spam. :)
To me giving [a(n] even non-existent) sender a 550 is tantamount to
pointing a .45 Smith & Wesson at his head and pulling the trigger.
*With* a live cartridge in the chamber.
Best,
Tony
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Tony Earnshaw
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