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Re: Spam filtering bcps [was Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism]


From: "Steve Thomas" <nanog2 () sthomas net>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:40:02 -0700 (PDT)


Earlier today, I said:
Unless you're the final recipient of the message, you have no business
deleting it. If you've accept a message, you should either deliver or
bounce it, per RFC requirements.

I just want to clarify that I was in no way suggesting that anyone bounce
spam - I was merely pointing out that if you choose to 250 a message, you
have to deliver it. The much better option is to 550 it after DATA if you
don't like what you see. Silently deleting other people's e-mail should
never even be considered.

Returning to lurk status...

St-



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