[PLUG] Comcast Bouncing Outbound Mail

[Paul Johnson]

Chris Jantzen <chris at maybe.net> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 06:38:31AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
>>   As my average monthly volume of out-bound e-mail is 400-500 messages, I
>> would hope that even comcast would not consider that the volume of a problem
>> spammer.
>
> Actually, if you're like me, your MTA is generating bounces for failed
> spam deliveries of a much higher volume. I find that we're generating
> 400-500 messages a DAY, at least, just trying to be RFC-compliant in
> the face of the tides of spam. It is soooooo tempting to turn off
> bounces sometimes.

Bouncing or rejecting?  There is a difference, though I'm confused why
any MTA would be bouncing messages to begin with instead of just
rejecting them...

-- 
Paul Johnson
<baloo at ursine.ca>
Linux.  You can find a worse OS, but it costs more.
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