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To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@highperformance.net>
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Subject: Re: User unknown: Lie to Spammers?
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Date: 23 Feb 2002 18:20:01 +0100
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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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