Re: [Phys-l] "excessive bounces"

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Earlier versions (current also?) of OSX's mail app.  (appropriately  
titled mail) also had (has?) this feature.  I used it w/, IIRC, some  
effect.

Now spammers change their false source, so even TMDA filter doesn't  
work.


bc thinks charging a nominal fee would eliminate all but the highly  
directed spam.  He would gladly pay a cent or two for each missive he  
sends to eliminate the 500 ** he receives weekly.

**Yes!,  my TMDA filter proves it.



On 2009, Aug 20, , at 13:06, chuck britton wrote:

> Being able to 'bounce' a message back to it's sender (still marked as
> unread - even if you HAVE opened/read it) is supposed to make the
> sender think that your email address doesn't exist and the sender
> will (hopefully) delete you from further  messages.
>
> This was an early and no longer useful way to fight spam.