Re: [exim-dev] [PATCH] Implement redirect

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Author: John W. Baxter
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To: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] [PATCH] Implement redirect
On 6/29/06 10:40 AM, "Robert Millan" <rmh@???> wrote:

> E.g., I don't think anyone would want to use this for his main address (the
> one
> in his From: headers), but if he has other addresses that are obsolete and/or
> barely used, but still generate a lot of traffic (spam), in this situation 551
> codes would be suitable.
>


A spammed address would be a case where 551 isn't suitable (or won't be for
long). Do we really want it to be worth while to the spammers and phishers
to learn to understand "Joe isn't here, he moved to the trailer down the
road--go break his leg there"?

--John