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Re: rquayle(_at_)usa(_dot_)net cancelled for spamming?

1997-06-25 20:32:00
At 09:47 PM 6/25/97 -0500, W. Wesley Groleau x4923 wrote thusly:

<<< 551 <rquayle(_at_)usa(_dot_)net>... User cancelled for spamming

Is that a "normal" diagnostic to see from a mail handler?

It is a trivial thing to configure for in the sendmail aliases file.  I
have something similar configured for a usenet filter alias I used at one
point - mail directed to it is almost ALWAYS usenet-derived spam - so I
bounce a message via sendmail saying SPAM isn't welcome.

[snip - nancynet.com]

Kind of suspicious that the error message should come from 
one of the Ten Most Wanted Spammers.......

Well, besides the (however implausible) possibility that the ISP is turning
a new leaf, it is also a nifty way to bounce mail for an account which has
received too much anti-spam mail, and has thus become a liability.  Best to
axe the account, hand out a new identity, and make it appear as if they're
folk of principle.


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