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Date:      23 Feb 2002 18:20:01 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@highperformance.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: User unknown: Lie to Spammers?
Message-ID:  <xzp7kp4p132.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202230847350.25286-100000@server.highperformance.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202230847350.25286-100000@server.highperformance.net>

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"Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@highperformance.net> writes:
> I am hoping that spammers automagically clean their lists by reading error
> messages.

They don't.  They ignore bounces.  Most of the time they don't even
*receive* bounces, because they spoof their return paths and channel
their spam through open relays.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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