Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:46:48 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fetchmail/Sendmail rejects Message-ID: <200408150046.48122.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <411E1CBF.3090404@mac.com> References: <200408141740.58105.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <411E1CBF.3090404@mac.com>
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On Saturday 14 August 2004 23:37, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Malcolm Kay wrote: > [ ... ] > > > I am quite happy to have these rejected but it seems they don't > > get deleted at the ISP end and clog up the mail box, I think > > eventually confusing fetchmail. > > You ought to convince your ISP to apply better spam filtering before they > accept messages for you, which will reduce the problem you see. > I agree except that my ISP already provides extensive SPAM filtering. The problem is with those that don't trip the ISP's spam filter. I am able to set the spam trigger level -- maybe I should be setting this lower. But I don't believe unsolvable addresses is included in his criteria. > > Responding to 2 or 3 lists using a valid e-mail address means that > > I receive a lot of spam including much with unresolvable addresses. > > Nowadays, you can receive a lot of spam regardless of what you do, so it > helps to reject most of it immediately. Agreed Malcolm
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