Re: Making a POP server & client

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From: Alan Bellingham
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:01

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Feico <feicorem0veth1s@gmx.net> wrote:

>2. Checking for spam, and deciding what to do, for example
>    2a. Send a reply, such as
>         You sent mail to a nonexistant address
>          It appears that your message is spam. Please resend if you are human.
>         Your message has been received and will soon be replied to

Yeuch

Never do that - it merely causes the spam to be redirected to another
user. (Hint: spammers are liars. They do not put their own addresses on
emails. If you think it's spam, then it probably is, and the innocent
person whose name has been forged will be being spammed by you.)

Alan Bellingham
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