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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Good software for List members
From: BA <ande@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:37:32 -0700
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:26:02 -0600, you wrote:

> ... Then I stumbled upon this one:
>
>
>   http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasherpro/
>
>
>It's called "MailWasher Pro 3.0," it's made by a New Zealand company 

... 
> and as an added bonus, sends a "bounce" message back to the
> origin which looks exactly like the standard "This recipient does 
> not exist" message from your ISP's SMTP mailserver. ...


Problem is, it does this by forging email headers.  To which some ISPs
take serious offense ... as in, they'll yank your account if they
catch you at it.

I like the idea myself, and I wish ISPs (specifically, mine!) would
offer it as a service, if they're gonna' object to your doing it
yourself!


B


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