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Authored by: el bid on Feb 22, '02 10:27:31AM

I feel cautious about using this. However you look at it, what you're actually doing is sending a forged email. Is this what you want to do? Does this improve the general welfare in any way?

Secondly, it's not a very good forgery. In my own case, at least, expanding the headers reveals a X-Envelope-From header that shows the bounce as coming from me, not from the supposed "postoffice.<your domain>".

Is it effective against spam? Does anyone know of a spammer who bothers to refine his email list by removing bounced addresses? Spam is better dealt with by reporting it to someone you trust in the delivery chain.

Yes, it might fool an old girlfriend you're trying to shake off, but c'mon...

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el bid



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Bounce to sender
Authored by: Areh on Feb 22, '02 03:15:14PM

>Yes, it might fool an old girlfriend you're trying to shake off, but c'mon...<
Yeah, there should be a better way to communicate your feelings...



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