Re: Sending Non Delivery Reports? (was Pump and Dump)

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> In this thread there was a question about sending NDRs in to SpamCop -
> is that acceptable / practical?
>

This was part of the original question that I posed but was never answered.
However, the answer is 'yes', sending misdirected bounces to SpamCop is
legitimate behaviour. The administrator of the bounce server will get a
report suggesting that he/she reconfigure the server to reflect the
realities of the 21st century.


> I am tempted to break it intentionaly for a few days. I could use
> suggestions
> other than sending out spam myself(!) Perhaps there could be a blacklist
for
> domain
> owners that want to blacklist themselves for a few days to discourage
domain
> spoofing...
>

I just discovered that my ISP has a well hidden option to drop all incoming
DSNs to my domain, instantly stopping the backscatter. The downside is that
valid bounces are also dropped but this is a small price to pay for the
reduced admin load. Now there should only be the really helpful 'you are a
dirty spammer' mails coming to my 'abuse' mailbox to deal with.

Obviously this is only treating the symptom not the disease but it's
definitely boosted my kharma.

Andy