Re: Configurable reject message?

[Andrew Daviel]

On Sat, 15 May 2010, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:

> If I understand it correctly, then spamass-milter is responsible for giving
> back "5.7.1 Blocked by Spamassassin" if a message should be rejected after a
> scan at the end of a SMTP session.
>
> Is this configurable? Though I usually don't give much about obscurity, I'd
> not like to tell others their message was rejected because "XYZ" thinks its
> spam.

One of the changes I made here was to change it to a URL explaining why 
the mail was rejected and how a legitimate sender might otherwise contact 
us. Not that users seem able to read DSNs.

I'm all for not saying things like "you got the userid right, but 
the 3rd character in the password is wrong", but  I seriously doubt 
spammers ever see rejection messages from botnets, let alone analyze them. They can of course run 
SpamAssassin themselves to test their messages.

> From the other end of things, having a user come to me and ask why their 
mail isn't getting through, I want all the help I can get. 
Differentiating between over-size, prohibited attachment, infected 
message and suspected spam is a good step.



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Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada