RE: [PHP] This is getting ridiculous

From: Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:37:16 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] This is getting ridiculous
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> Blocking the users is not solving the issue... Don't just block random users. Create a rule something like: if (sender contains POSTMASTER or MAILER or DAEMON) AND (cc, to, or bcc contains php-general@lists.php.net) DELETE Doing things like this, adding in filters like "if subject contains VIRUS" and other such things make it very unlikely you will filter good e-mails. If you want to get creative throw in some things to look for headers in the mail body. The point is to block things that 99.9% of these bad bounces would be, but that 0.0001% of users would be. And frankly, anybody who subscribes to the list from mailer-daemon@foo.com deserves to be blocked for being dumb. :-) Variations on this theme can be used to stop all bounce notifications for e-mails you didn't send. It took me all of 5 minutes to set up similar rules last night and I'm happy to say the only emails I get are people yelling at the people who bounced. :-) -Dan

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