Re: Bounces, was Re: [Asrg] Sender pays vs Forgeries

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:02:12 GMT, Tony Finch said:
> Matt Sergeant <msergeant(_at_)startechgroup(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk> wrote:
> > 1. The vast majority of spam is sent with invalid return addresses (be 
> > they forged or since-closed freemail accounts).
> > 2. A large proportion (approaching or in excess of 50%) of all email is 
> > spam.
> I expect to see a lot more junk email from <> and therefore a lot more
> systems rejecting all bounces. I haven't seen much talk about maintaining
> the reliablility of Internet email in the face of this kind of attack.
It's bad enough that www.rfc-ignorant.org keeps a list of DSN-borked sites.

For some odd reason, the majority of sites that I encounter that reject
mail from <> are spamhauses that don't want to deal with bounces. Fancy that. ;)

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