Spammed

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006, Net Llama! wrote:
>On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Jorge Almeida wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>> This list doesn't generate a response to rejected mail, explicitly for the
>>> purpose of not providing spammer's with notification of receipt of their
>>> email.
>>>
>> I know that not replying to spammers is good practice for individuals,
>> but does it apply to non-open lists?
>
>I dont' see how it would hurt.

It would help legitimate members who posted from a system that
didn't set the correct address.

When I send mail to this list using mutt, I have mutt_hooks set
to generate the address linux-sxs at celestial.com.  If I were to
try sending through Thunderbird or Mail.app, using the same IMAP
server, the From: address would probably be bill at celestial.com.
I would have the same problem using our horde/imp webmail
interface as it's not smart enough to change the From: address
based on the To: address.

Given that I might forget all this, I would find it useful to be
reminded that I screwed up.

Bill
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