on Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 12:22:00PM -0600, Bob Proulx (bob@proulx.com) wrote:
> Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > moseley@hank.org wrote:
> > > Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > > > > Here's my list of aliases. Do any processes/applications send to these
> > > > > addresses?
> > > My "problem" is that those aliases are well known. So the spammers
> > > are now using those addresses for both sending me spam and for use as
> > > forged addresses to others (and then I get the bounces).
> >
> > By all means filter mail to these aliases against spam and viruses.
> >
> > In some cases, *not* reading this mail, bouncing it, or otherwise
> > indicating that the address is invalid or inactive, may result in your
> > site being listed with services such as rfc-ignorant.org
>
> I think the only two that you *must* receive mail for is 'postmaster'
> and 'abuse', IIRC. So I think the others can be bounced without fear
> of any problems.
http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/ lists:
- DSN <>
- postmaster
- abuse
- whois
- ipwhois
Failure to respect other recommended addresses may or may not result in
responses or countermeasures by individual sites.
Peace.
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