[Fwd: Re: [PLUG] Email Backing up]

[R. Haack]

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> R. Haack wrote:
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>> I'm having the following issue.  We got our email server up and 
>> running but some of our mail seems to be backed up at Clackamas ESD.  
>> From what I can tell all of this email is junk, but our server should 
>> be pulling it down and then bouncing it. 
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> You're bouncing spam?!
>
> The envelope sender addresses are not real. Your bounces are all 
> likely to bounce, or go to innocents.
>
> Solution:
> Don't bounce spam. Nobody does that anymore, really. If on the off 
> chance that spam is using a real (harvested) email, an unsuspecting 
> user gets a bounce for something they didn't send. So, they email 
> their support people. Ugh.
>
> -Charlie

I guess what I don't understand is that if I don't have a spam filter 
running then what is bouncing the spam?  Should I just ignore all 
bounced messages?

Robert Haack