Re: how well C/R works in real life

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From: Alan Connor
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:32

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<Xns9676C15398435jimbsnipnet@207.103.26.26>, "Jim Berwick" wrote:

> Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote in news:1i1se.4932$NX4.1538
> @newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>
>> No. You can't get a bounce AND a C/R. If the mail bounced,
>> then it was undeliverable, and wouldn't have made it as far as
>> any mail filter that incorporates a C/R stage.
>
>
> It is entirely possible for this to happen.  One commercial
> piece of software that sends both a bounce and a
> challenge/response is Titankey (http://www.titankey.com)

Then Titankey must be an MTA. A bounce can only come from an MTA.

And that is a very bad design. Why send two auto-responses when
one will do? 

Thanks for the info. 

AC

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