Author: Marc Sherman Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Seeking advice how to deal with spam faked to appear as
coming from my domain
Ian Eiloart wrote: >
> I'm not sure about that, but "drop" doesn't seem very polite here.
> Better to do a 5xx reject, so that genuine errors don't stick on
> sending servers. The vast majority of mail that sticks in my queues
> does so because it can't be delivered to an address with a typo in it.
Drop does send a 5xx reply, and _then_ drops the connection.