Re: [Asrg] Please critique my anti-spam system

[Ken Raeburn <raeburn at raeburn.org>]

On Jan 8, 2005, at 23:50, Michael Kaplan wrote:
> An email service provider that has accommodated my system will treat a 
> fake bounce
> just like an erroneous bounce.  The bounce white list will only allow 
> in bounces
> coming from an address that the user had emailed within the past few 
> hours.
> The fake bounce will never be seen, ergo the spammer would have no 
> incentive
> to fake a bounce.

If some system is down, the message may not reach its destination -- 
and thus a legitimate bounce may not be sent -- for a few days.  It 
varies by system configuration.  I'd recommend keeping the entries for 
maybe a week.

Ken


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