simulate bounce
Bug #266668 reported by
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNU Mailman |
New
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
It would be great to add a "simulate invalid address"
to the authorization page. e.g. along with the
Defer/Accept/
This would simply send an invalid address message back
to the sender. Usually used for spam emails with
members only posting. Would greatly reduce spam as the
invalid address would be removed by most automated
spamming systems.
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I agree - this would be a wonderful feature!!
I recently had to change my "wide-open" list to a moderated
list because the spam reached unprecedented / unacceptable
levels. Many of my list members were dropping off the list
because they couldn't afford to receive porn advertisements
at their work email addresses any longer.
Now that it's a moderated list, I have to login at least once Accept/ Reject/ Discard" options, this might help
daily to reject all the spam that is in the inbox. If I had
a "Bounce" option in addition to
the "Defer/
reduce the flow of spam in the future.