Re: Using MUAs to bounce mail (was: Please, don't reply to spam ...)

[Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>]

Ralph Aichinger (HE12025-06-29):
> Nothing related to spam or server-side bouncing, or maybe even to the
> intended purpose of bouncing, but I absolutely love bouncing mails
> in mutt instead of forwarding. I need some mail on the address 
> I use on my mobile: Just bounce it. I only do this to my own
> mail addresses.
> 
> Am I alone in this use case of bounces? Or is this considered an
> abuse?

I do that frequently too. For example when somebody wrote to me directly
instead of to the service.

Abuse is vague, but if you do not operate your own server, then this
practice might trigger one of the ineffective anti-spam constraints that
the oligopolistic operators are forcing on every body for other reasons
than fighting spam.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George