Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stuart MacDonald" <> | Subject | RE: bogofilter ate 3/5 | Date | Thu, 7 Sep 2006 09:58:11 -0400 |
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From: On Behalf Of Chase Venters > You can check the From: or envelope sender against the subscriber > database. Forgery isn't a concern because we're not trying to stop > forgery with this method. Subscribers subscribing one address
Forgery is always a concern...
> The perl script behaves as an optional autoresponder. > Autoresponders would > respond to spam as well (well, unless you put a spam filter > in front of > them, but I assume that many don't).
..because autoresponders are always replying to forged addresses: http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/329.html
> Also note that a number of people (myself included, at work > anyway) have > perl scripts that respond to all incoming mail and require a > reply cookie from original > envelope senders. We do it because it almost entirely > prevents spam from > arriving in our inboxes (I say almost because there is the occasional
Autoresponder by another name, see above URL.
..Stu
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