On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 11:56:25AM CEST, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> said: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:19:15 +0000 (UTC) > Walter Hurry <walterhu...@lavabit.com> wrote: > > Hello Walter, > > > I don't really see how whitelisting could help - if OP's email > > It may well not, but it can't hurt. > > > provider thinks it's spam, would they not put it into a junk folder or > > some such rather than bounce it? > > One would hope so, but I often get bounce messages from places that I > (supposedly) sent spam to. Obviously, it was sent with a faked From: > address. Also with a non-existent recipient address, even though the > domain is valid. Many places seem to check the To: first and send a > bounce, rather than test for spaminess first, and silently drop stuff. > IDK which system is best, since each has its advantages. > > There's no telling which category any given email provider falls into, > unless you do your own.
The best way to avioid this (called backscatter) is that the receiving side rejects the mail and does not bounce it. http://www.postfix.org/BACKSCATTER_README.html explains what is backscatter (and how to configure postfix to avoid it). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110908111136.gk29...@rail.eu.org
