Re: SPF's helo identity as a reporting target
Chris Lewis <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.asrg |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 12-05-14 05:26 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > On Mon 14/May/2012 10:34:06 +0200 Chris Lewis wrote: >> Postmaster sends complaint to abuse@_smtp.spammerdomain.com. >> >> Where does that go? > > That's plain abuse, though. There must be loads of national laws that > the owner of that zone openly breaks. Isn't that too much risky from > a legal POV, considering its effectiveness is probably less than other > kinds of DDoS? Who said anything about a deliberate DDOS? Think of it as spam with electronic countermeasures designed to confuse, confound and distract the recipients and third parties. Just like they already do. "national laws ... openly breaks". You can say that with a straight face considering that 80-90% of all spam already does? > 220 wmail.tana.it ESMTP > HELO goofy.example > 250 wmail.tana.it Ok. > MAIL FROM:<> > 250 Ok. > RCPT TO:<[email protected]> > 513 Relaying denied. > QUIT > 221 Bye. Big enough, the recipient site still loses before the 220. Eg: think back to when AOL bounced instead of rejected for no-such-user.