Re: How would you provide a 554 rejection notice for spam?

Hi,

mouss wrote:
> Rick Macdougall wrote:

>>
>> simscan correctly uses an SMTP REJECT (55x code during the smtp 
>> conversation) and it is also possible to use custom reject messages 
>> with simscan so the sender, if any, knows exactly why the message was 
>> rejected.
>>
>> I have yet to see a good implementation of this in Postfix or 
>> Sendmail, and is one of the reasons I stick with Qmail.

We do, 4 back end spamd machines for 4 external MX machines.

>>
>> Having to /dev/null spam and/or viruses to the end user is even worse 
>> IMHO (as an ISP, it might be acceptable in an office env where you can 
>> train the users to look at spam or virus folders).

We only REJECT very high scoring spams or viruses, I haven't seen an FP on the rejecting yet.

>
> anyway, each site has its own policy for handling spam. What we ask is
> to avoid bad practices that result in annoying others (backscatter, C/R,
> ... etc). The rest (discard, reject at smtp time, quarantine, ...) is up
> to you, your boss, your users, your customers, ... etc.

Agree completely.

Regards,

Rick Received on Tue Jul 31 17:49:18 2007

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