Mail blocking - was Re: [plug] Spam from The Maverick Partnership

[Matt Kemner]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Bret Busby wrote:

> Wouldn't it be more appropriate, to just silently drop the packet, so
> that the spammer can't trace the party blocking the message?

Better to let the SPAMmers know that you are not an open relay, so they
will go away and try elsewhere, rather than make them think it WORKED, in
which case they go and tell all their buddies they just found another open
relay.. Then watch your modem link get flooded...

 - Matt