Automatic spam reporting

Rich Veraa (Rich.Veraa@907.sunshine.com)
08 Jul 96 07:27:42 -0400

In a message to rich veraa jstanley@gate.net wrote:

>SPAM reads the header of each message in the
>configured directory, determines where it came from, and creates a message
>to "postmaster" at that address forwarding a copy of the original message.

jg> Most of the spam I see has forged headers. Your program is going to
jg> generate a _lot_ of undeliverable mail in INBOX.

That's true. It cuts down on it somewhat by letting you keep a file of
known bad addresses, so it at least never sends to the same invalid
address twice.

Cheers,
Rich

http://www.netside.net/~rveraa/

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