MW 4.0/filters

Byron · Corporal Joined: Jan 27, 2004 Posts: 51 Location: USA

Filters/Bounce/delete in MW Pro won't bounce spam mail

Byron

Ikeb · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject:

Good.

Byron · Corporal Joined: Jan 27, 2004 Posts: 51 Location: USA

Do you work for Microsnot? or the Advertizing council?

Ikeb · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:09 am Post subject:

Nope. I'm on the side of those who've had their email address forged as a SPAM return address.

Byron · Corporal Joined: Jan 27, 2004 Posts: 51 Location: USA

I happen to be on the side of "Truth in Advertising"

If the product says it deletes and bounces, then it should do it.

If you choose not to, that's your option.

Byron

Ikeb · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject:

Good point. In this case however the best solution is to change the advertized capability.

Byron · Corporal Joined: Jan 27, 2004 Posts: 51 Location: USA

Sorry Just remembered

If the return address is spoofed, it won't bounce it

Like that idea??

Byron

Ikeb · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:53 pm Post subject:

Sounds good in theory. Trouble is that a forged email address is difficult to determine. SpamCop has a whole whack of S/W dedicated to tracing the source of SPAM via the headers and still gets it wrong a lot of the time.

BTW, the latest news is that 80% of SPAM is now generated by zombie PCs. Shocked

If that's the case, who knows what the return address will be. Not likely the email address of the poor sap whose PC was trojaned -- that would alert the victim to a possible problem -- but who knows how a SPAMers mind works.


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