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Old May 3rd 07, 12:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Is it possible to reduce spam by creating a rule that would send a
mailer-daemon?

I assume that spammers would probably snif if emails do not work
right? so why not setup a rule that will return emails if the subject
is "little bleu pill" or whichever/whatever.

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Old May 3rd 07, 01:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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That's a bad idea. A lot of spam comes in with From addresses that the spammer has "borrowed" from unsuspecting legitimate mail users. Your idea would serve no useful purpose and would wind up sending unwanted mail to those legitimate addresses.

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"cln" wrote in message ups.com...
Is it possible to reduce spam by creating a rule that would send a
mailer-daemon?

I assume that spammers would probably snif if emails do not work
right? so why not setup a rule that will return emails if the subject
is "little bleu pill" or whichever/whatever.

Comments?

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Old May 3rd 07, 01:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Brian Tillman
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Default reduce spam by sending a mailer-daemon?

cln wrote:

Is it possible to reduce spam by creating a rule that would send a
mailer-daemon?


No.

I assume that spammers would probably snif if emails do not work
right?


Wrong. spammer software doesn't listen for replies and doesn't pay
attention to rejects.

so why not setup a rule that will return emails if the subject
is "little bleu pill" or whichever/whatever.


Non-delivery reports cannot effectively be mimicked by client software.
NDRs are server-generated messages.
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