Re: [Exim] Avoiding frozen spam

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Author: Giuliano Gavazzi
Date:  
To: Mark Edwards
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Avoiding frozen spam
At 1:56 -0700 2003/10/08, Mark Edwards wrote:
>I've decided on sending out the bounce message to spammers, with
>instruciton on how to send and email through and skip the spam
>checks.


I hope you meant that you'll give a 5XX smtp error message with instructions!

>I've enabled a callout like so, so that should stop some of the spam
>from getting anywhere near me in the first place:
>
>require verify        = sender/callout=30s


unfortunately you'll be surprised of how much spam comes with usable
forged addresses (mainly because some providers still do not check
their local recipient at smtp time. e.g. yahoo).

Giuliano