[SpamCop-List] Re: Why not allow bounces? They are required by RFC822!

[Steven Maesslein]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:21:59 -0800, cb coughed into spamcop and left 
this in <dtg00g$jtp$1 at news.spamcop.net>:

> Messages are rejected if they sent to a non-existant users.

That's a good start. Okay, check that one off the check-list.

> Bounces occur due to full mail boxes. Mail is held for a time (due to 
> policy set at HQ) and if space has not been made before the hold time 
> expires, messages are returned to sender. Calling this spam and then 
> blacklisting seems a bit draconian.

And yet that's precisely what it is. Backscatter is a form of spam.

You should never accept mail that you know cannot be delivered 
immediately.

If you want to find out what kind of mail is being reported as spam then 
ask at deputies at admin dot spamcop dot net. Be advised, however, that 
you will not be given full details of spam that's been hitting spam 
traps.

-- 
Steve

I haven't lost my mind; I know exactly where I left it.