[NMLUG] now that the spam is under control...

[kevin at rosenberg.net (Kevin Rosenberg)]

Jody Harris wrote:
> Once I cleared up the technical difficulties that made SpamAssassin stop 
> working for about three weeks, the spam went away.  Now, it seems that 
> many corporations have gotten on the spam wagon, and they're rejecting 
> mail back to "sender."  That's "sender" as the e-mail envelope says, anyway.

I think the fundamental idea of sending a reject notice for spam is
incorrect. Given that a large percentage (likely a majority) of spam
is sent with a forged From: address makes it ludicrous to send a
reject notice to that address. It is worse than useless. It causes
confusion for email users whose email address has been forged and then
they get a message that they have been sending spam. It causes spam to
consume greater resources.

> Any thoughts?

MDA reciepes to delete them is reasonable as an end-user. Long-term, I
think education of the spam blocking administators that such rejects
are harmful would be the best solution.

-- 
Kevin Rosenberg
kevin@rosenberg.net