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>On 2007-03-17, Wolfgang Schelongowski wrote:
>> jpd writes: ...
>> Well, AFAIK qmail inevitably creates outscatter for received spams to
>> invalid addresses. Outscatter has become considered a special sort of
>> spam, and get's the IP number of the sender listed.

>More specifically, it generates one backscattering bounce for each
>address in each spam. That appears to be a direct consequence of a
>design decision.

_Back_scatter wouldn't be a problem - nobody would care what is sent to spammers or boxes 0wned by them, anyway. _Out_scatter, however, is mail sent to addresses which never sent any mail to the bouncing MTA.

>>>On the other hand, if all you want is hand off mail to your isp, you
>>>don't even need a fully fledged MTA like sendmail or postfix; you could
>>>get a minimalist SEP MTA from the ports and use that.
>>
>> I'm sure that SEP does not refer to Douglas Adams' "Somebody Elses
>> Problem", but what does it stand for?
>
>The point of such an MTA is not to route and deliver mail, but to get it
>off this system and to another system to deal with.

I've guessed that from what you wrote previously, but what do the letters S, E, and P stand for? -- The first entry of Sin into the mind occurs when, out of cowardice or conformity or vanity, the Real is replaced by a comforting lie. -- Integritas, Consonantia, Claritas