[RFCI-Discuss] refusing mail to abuse@ if not the only recipient

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:
> > - since abuse@ mail must be supported
> > - since spammers can try to avoid filtering by using other recipients along
> >  with abuse@ to avoid rejecting spam
> > they are using technique, that either abuse@ or other recipients are being
> > temporarily refused at SMTP time,

On 26.11.09 14:32, James Hess wrote:
> Of course this type of rejection seems to be valid...  

Well,
- I have not asked if it's valid
- it is not a rejection, it's temporary rejection.

I have asked how to implement it, if there really are many hosts
implementing it, so they can effectively filter spam even if abuse@ is in
the recipient list. 

> in fact (well),
> a site can be fully compliant with  STD 10  and all current internet
> standards,  and not have  any  valid  abuse@   address.

well, std10 was obsoleted by rfc 2821 and that was obsoleted by 5321, just
FYI.
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