Re: Nonsense mail
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:50:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Nonsense mail | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
| Request: | Send a blank email to php-general+get-185067@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message | ||
* Thus wrote -{ Rene Brehmer }- (metalbunny@metalbunny.net):
> Documented research indicates that on Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:18:11 -0400,
> trlists@clayst.com wrote about "Re: [PHP] Nonsense mail":
>
> >On 29 Apr 2004 Brent Clark wrote:
> >
> >> Could someone please tell me why I keep getting this mail, when I send
> >> something to the list
> >
> >It's an autoresponder on an email address that is subscribed to the
> >list. I get three autoresponder messages for every list message I
> >send.
>
> Actually, my investigation shows it's a malformed server error ... so
> someone out there is subscribed with a mail server that sends out false
> error messages ... which CAN indicate an address harvester confirming sender
> addresses by sending that junk back to see if it's deliverable ...
hmm.. interesting. Thanks for looking at that, i have been curious
as to a way to stop those.
I might have to force a "550 user unknown" on this email, but i'd
hate to do that cause it doesn't really solve the problem.
Curt
--
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."