Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users @ exim. org Subject: Re: [exim] forward v bounce
Ron McKeating wrote: > I was very surprised to find lots of bounce messages from AOL appear to
> have been forwarded back to the person in the from: header. Thus not
> appearing as a bounce message at all and not getting filtered.
>
> Is this common practice?
It appears to be becoming more common, unfortunately.
It's also potentially a cause of mail loops and so detrimental
to the stability of the net. Stamp it out wherever possible.