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On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:30:48 -0700 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Greylisting seems to be the most effective way of eliminating unwanted |
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> email. The problem is that it also has the potential to eliminate a |
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> legitimate email. Couldn't a feature be added to greylisting software |
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> that dispatches an email to the sender of any email that is |
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> temporarily rejected and doesn't retry within a certain amount of |
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> time? The email could say something like, "Your message of {date} was |
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> rejected as possible spam. Please call us at {phone_number}." |
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> - Grant |
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No, thats just silly. That would send a reply to every email that is a spam. Most spam has non-existent (or forged) "from" address, which means the mail will just bounce or go to someone whose address has been forged. |
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