Re: [Assp-test] trap vs. invalid recipient

[Katip <ka...@ka...>]

On 16.02.2008 18:47, Fritz Borgstedt wrote:
>> thanks for new feature.
>> can somebody tell me with a simple example what additional advantages 
>> this may provide?
> 
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> 
> The problem is that the spammers server is doing massive address 
> harvesting.
> 
> Having the most common invalid addresses set to blacklist an IP
> prevents 
> a spammer from continually trying to harvest messages by blocking them 
> before they can find a legitimate address.
> 
> The reason is to not allow the spammer to use your own address 
> validation against you.
> 
> Kevin

a good way of doing so is penalizing invalid local address attempts, i 
was thinking.
is trapping a better way and how? thanks.
Katip