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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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