Bugtraq: Re: Is predictable spam filtering a vulnerability? (silently dropping messages)

[der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA>]

> > A 5xx failure code is a lot more friendly than actually generating a
> > DSN.
> Well, you're causing the sending/relaying host to generate the DSN.
Only if the sending host is running a real MTA.  If it's ratware
talking to you, it won't do anything of the sort.  _That_ is the real
gain of an SMTP-layer rejection over accept-and-bounce: it doesn't
generate DSNs when talking to ratware.

> Quite possibly back to some sod who has been joe-jobbed.
But in that respect it's no worse than generating a DSN yourself.
Better sometimes and no worse the other times - sounds like a win.

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