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Re: Recording the return path (was Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors)


From: "Per Heldal" <heldal () eml cc>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:50:29 +0100



On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:18:07 +0000, Michael.Dillon () btradianz com said:
[snip]
This whole discussion centered around the fact that
innocent 3rd parties with no ability to act, were being
sent large volumes of notifications. Once you remove the
innocent 3rd party from the equation, the shape of the
problem is quite different.

I agree that notices should not be sent to addresses that
are likely to be forged because then innocent 3rd parties
are being spammed. However that does not mean that all 
notifications are bad.


It still doesn't make sense to send notification in any form other than
a "5xx stuff your malware..." response. Any MTA-admin with half a clue
seeing lots of such in the logs for outbound messages should know what
to do.

//per
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  Per Heldal
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