Re: User-specific bounce messages?

[James Garrison <jhg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's called Challenge-Response, and is a REALLY BAD IDEA.  All it
does is clog bandwidth with mostly undeliverable responses to SPAM
and makes the whole problem worse.  In fact, since Spammers are
more and more using forged deliverable return addresses, you'll be
sending challenge emails to real people that have no relationship
to your users but just happen to have their email addresses used
by Spammers.

This is not just my opinion. Here's an example policy statement
from the RISKS forum moderator:

	Due to the manual administrative burden created by "challenge-
	response" anti-spam systems, no response of any kind will be
	made to any received e-mail found to be using such systems.
	This includes e- mail to the list handling system or any other
	addresses. Any subscribed addresses found to be generating
	such challenges will be removed from the mailing list and will
	be barred from re- subscription. Sorry, but challenge-response
	is simply the wrong way to try stop spam!

Dan Delaney wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Is there a way to set it up so that each user has his/her own whitelist, 
> and if a message comes in from someone who is not in the whitelist, make 
> a user-specific bounce message be sent back to inform the person how of 
> a webpage to go to to contact that user?
> Thanks
> --Dan
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