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Re: karl and paul, expostulating
- From: Daniel Simms
- Date: Thu Feb 20 01:00:59 1997
>>>>> "KD" == Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net> writes:
KD> or a 421 error, which keeps the spam at the source (loading the
KD> spammers mailserver -- a GOOD thing!)
Are you joking? There's not a spammer alive that uses sendmail or
something that would similiarly requeue on temporary failure.
KD> Much more elegant, in my opinion.
Assuming that 'sendspam' would actually maintain a queue.
Paul's solution has its own elegance: raising the price for allowing
antisocial behavior from bounced email to partial loss of
connectivity. But like Paul said, raising the stakes like that just
invites someone to try and one up him.
--
Daniel Simms There is more than one way to burn a book.
dsimms@alink.net And the world is full of people running
(408) 720-6161 about with lit matches. -Ray Bradbury
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