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Forwarding spam (was Re: AOL scomp)
- From: J.D. Falk
- Date: Thu Feb 24 16:25:52 2005
On 02/24/05, "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net> wrote:
> > I see the same thing. At least 2/3rds are spam forwarded along as
> > described above. I have to give some credit to AOL WRT handling that
> > type of situation -- they're much better than MSN/Hotmail who do not
> > have a whitelist or feedback loop and simply stop accepting mail for
> > 12+ hours from any server that reaches a particular spam threshhold.
>
> We now refuse to forward mail that's almost certainly spam. Users may
> POP it, but forwarding is out.
Very good idea, given the lack of any standard way for a receiving
ISP to know that the mail was forwarded.
--
J.D. Falk uncertainty is only a virtue
<jdfalk@cybernothing.org> when you don't know the answer yet
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