Re: Do you send out Bounce Notifications?

[Dale Fay <dalef () UMICH EDU>]

  In the past I have used Postfix and configured it reject/bounce messages
at the time of the connection. By doing that, it is up to
the sending server to notify the sender and keeps your server
from sending a bounce to a forged address.

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Clyde Hoadley wrote:

> Every so often we get a notice from Spam Cop ref. an offending
> e-mail.  The offending e-mail always turns out to be a Bounce
> Notification.
>
> We have been operating under the assumption that
> sending Bounce Notifications was a requirement, but Spam Cop
> recommends turning them off.  I can understand that but I'm
> not 100% convinced that is the right thing to do.
> Do you think sending Bounce Notices is the right thing to do
> or is turning them off the better thing to do?
>
> How are others handling the Bounce Notifications paradox?
> Do you send them out, or file them in a 'bounced/postmaster'
> InBox, or just log them, or just turn them off?
>
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