Re: [exim] UCEPROTECT Blacklists and why callouts are abusiv…

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Author: Ian Eiloart
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To: Andrew - Supernews, exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] UCEPROTECT Blacklists and why callouts are abusive


--On 18 October 2006 14:05:54 +0100 Andrew - Supernews
<andrew@???> wrote:

>
> And callout does NOT HELP THIS AT ALL, since the spammers are quite
> happy to use sender addresses that exist.


Yes, they are. But really, they don't care whether they exist or not. It's
easier for them to just use a bunch of addresses, and that's exactly what
they do. My experience is that 75% or more sender addresses used by
spammers actually don't exist.

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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex