Re: Meta-topic: Spam filtering and bounced messages

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Patrick Hubers 
<address@hidden> writes
> >  It is important to me that spam messages *continue* to be bounced by 
> > my  mail server, because I have a bad enough time coping with all the 
> > spam  that *does* get through.  But I do not want my subscription 
> > jeopardized  by this.
> >  Are there any options left for me, short of sucking it up and 
> > leaving  the list?
>
> Don't bounce. Either reject the message or accept and then silently
> discard it. Bouncing spam messages is the wrong thing to do: the sender
> is either a mailing list (as in this case), a non-existent email 
> address
> or an innocent bystander whose email address has been spoofed.

To rephrase your advice - "Don't bounce. Either bounce or accept and 
discard".

"reject" and "bounce" are the same thing! And seeing as I'm on a 
dial-up, "accept then discard" is not really an option - I don't see why 
I should waste a HUGE percentage of my connect time on spam I'm going to 
junk.

The only way I can stop these bounces is to disable my ISP's spam-filter 
and then cope with all the crap myself. No thanks, sorry ...

Cheers,
Wol
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