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by anonyfuss 4769 days ago
> It's still a good sign of a badly written bulk mail engine, and worth rejecting for.

No, it might be worth scoring the e-mail with a spam filter, but the MTA shouldn't be overzealously throwing away e-mail.
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baudehlo 4769 days ago
My MTA doesn't "throw away" email. It sends back a 5xx with an appropriate message that the sending end isn't RFC compliant. Absolutely nothing wrong with that - if it's a legit sender they know I didn't get the mail.
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anonyfuss 4769 days ago
At which point the legit sender does what -- replace their MtA? More likely they just contact thir receipient out-of-band (eg; gmail) and avoid your over-zealous mta.

Whether you think you're 'Throwing away' is just semantics. From a user's perspective that's exactly what you're doing.

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baudehlo 4769 days ago
It's my MTA, I'm the "user". My server, my rules. Just like if you want to come into my house you come in the front door and take your shoes off, not crash through the window in muddy boots.
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anonyfuss 4768 days ago
In that case, I wouldn't say it's a particularly useful anecdote for anyone else.
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