On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 06:03:22PM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote
On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:38:13 -0400
waltdnes <waltdnes(_at_)waltdnes(_dot_)org> wrote:
- The 550 message (with very few exceptions) contains "If yours was
a legitimate email, see http://..."; which points to a webpage of mine
that lists a temporary unfiltered email address that I create
especially for the purpose of bypassing my filters. Most spammers
don't read their reject messages; in fact the ones who send via
compromised/hijacked 3rd-party machines don't even see the reject
message.
This relies on humans reading bounce messages, something that is already
known to be vanishingly rare to almost non-existent. In my particular
case I read and handle my bounce message folder every month or three.
If it's a person who's trying to contact me, they can read the reject
message. If it's Topica or Experian or some other so-called "legitimate
commercial email marketer" who ignore 550's, or a spammer who's sending
via a trojaned machine and can't see the 550 response, that's OK too.
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes(_at_)waltdnes(_dot_)org>
Email users are divided into two classes;
1) Those who have effective spam-blocking
2) Those who wish they did
_______________________________________________
Asrg mailing list
Asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg