Re: SMTP in distributed DOS

[Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net>]

AOL's MTAs silently drop mail instead of denying it at the border.

Deepak Jain

On 21 Feb 2000, Michael Shields wrote:

> In article <20000220110421.A16950 () noc power net>,
> Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk () power net> wrote:
> > Why don't we all just turn SMTP bounces OFF? Like return-receipts,
> > the information content in bounces is very low.
>
> MTAs must not silently drop mail.  Mail is precious.
> -- 
> Shields.