Re: [exim] Seeking advice how to deal with spam faked to app…

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Author: Marc Sherman
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Seeking advice how to deal with spam faked to appear as coming from my domain
Ian Eiloart wrote:
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> 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.

- Marc