[PLUG] Message acknowledgement with postfix?

[John Cadigan]

>>That's true. The offending "Spam" or sender has no way to verify if the
message gets through...
>>unless it is rejected (By you). At that point, they are sent a request to
be removed from the "list". 
>>That is when they have actual verification of an address and typically
make thier monies. 
>>Oh they will remove you. But they put your addy in a special file and sell
it to large firms 
>>who specialize in bulk mail distributions! It may be best to just delete,
than ask to be removed!
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Date: Friday, January 23, 2004 10:34:36
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Message acknowledgement with postfix?
 
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Chris Jantzen wrote:

> It seems to me that if Postfix honored a return receipt request, every
> spammer in the world would know you had a valid address, immediately...

From the hundreds of rejected spam every day they apparently already know.

Regardless, apparently that's what postfix/mailman on the originating side
wants. Also, apparently my postfix installation is the only one not telling
the originating site that the message was received.

Rich

-- 
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
<http://www.appl-ecosys.com>

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