Re: Bounce e-mail question

From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_post-reply-in-newsgroup.nix)
Date: 11/25/03 

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:15:54 -0600

Paul Simon wrote:
> I've been using a tool called ABouncer (recommended by someone on
> this NG) to notify ISP's when I receive Unsolicited Bulk E-mail.
>
> I started wondering whether this tool is actually working properly,
> so I tried sending mail from my web-mail address to ordinary address,
> then used ABouncer to bounce it back to my web address.
>
> This has not worked, so does that mean ABouncer is'nt sending any
> messages to ISP's, or am I misunderstanding something.
>
> Incidentally, when I click SEND on ABouncer, after a few seconds it
> flashes up Caught Sendmail ....... I've always assumed that meant
> that the message had been sucessful.

So are you the mail admin of the domain from which you sent the test
message? Probably not. So why are you expecting to get the abuse alert
message? It goes to abuse@<domain>, NOT to the sender (which would be
worthless when a spammer). Do you have access to the abuse@<domain>
e-mail account to see the bounce?

I don't know ABouncer but there would be no point to having it
bounceback an abuse alert to the spammer (i.e., sender). It needs to go
to the abuse department of the domain that sent it. 

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