Antispam message delivery failure messages
Ioannis Vranos
ivranos at freemail.gr
Wed Jul 9 05:41:15 UTC 2008
Ed Greshko wrote:
> Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> Does anyone know any program for Ubuntu, that can send fake "message
>> delivery failure messages" back to spammers, so as to make them remove
>> your email address from their lists?
>
> I wouldn't think of doing that....
>
> First, what makes you think sending "delivery failed" messages will change
> anything? Spammers don't check those things. It would take time and
> effort...something no spammer wants to do.
>
> Second, there is very little chance your messages would make it back to the
> spammer. They generally don't supply correct return address information.
> You'll just end up sending those messages to innocent by-standers.
>
> So, don't waste your time.
There are some kind of messages with original email addresses, that try
to make you contact them for "transferring a large amount of money to
your account", "lottery winnings", etc.
For these and other cases, I am looking for such a program.
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