Re: can we disable the bounce kicker? Re: confirm <string>
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 3:23 AM, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 7:35 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> On Sep 10, 2016, at 02:46 PM, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>>
>>>I'm sure i'm not the only member using gmail, which bounces spam
>>>emails and that what causes this problem.
>>
>> Are you sure about that? Bouncing spam has been bad practice for a very long
>> time.
>
> i indeed used a wrong term (in email-world bounce has a specific
> meaning): gmail rejects spam emails (according to its filters) during
> the smtp session with the other MTA, so it's not a bounce, but the
> sender (alioth in this case) cant deliver the email, and that's what
> triggers the suspended membership process.
Rejecting instead of discarding spam sent to mailing lists has also
been bad practice for a long time.
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pabs
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