Re: [exim] Brain Teaser - how would you do this?

W B Hacker wrote:
> Marc Perkel wrote:
>
> *trimmed*
>
> > the email address
>> I need to verify isn't either the sender or the recipient. I need to
>> verify and arbetrary address that I generate to see if it exists
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but if you are the one who 'generates' it and it
> is truly 'arbitrary' then WOGGE would you *expect* it to 'exist'?
>
> Or, perhaps backing into it, why 'generate' an address, known to be
> 'arbitrary', or otherwise, if the goal is to insure delivery?
>
> Would it not be more reasonable to instruct / assist clients to have a
> 'quarantine' account or folder with characteristics specified in
> advance, then drop traffic on the floor if they don't comply?
>
> It is probable spam we are talking about, is it not?
>
> How much engineering can that justify vs stuffing **SPAM?** into a
> header???
>
> Or is your 'service' falsing on you too often? ;-)
>
> Bill
>
>
I have several levels of spam classification. Low scoring spam I tag and
pass on. Higher scoring spam I bounce or blackhole. Or sometimes I do
direct folder deliver of different grades of spam.