on 12-15-2008 2:12 PM Bob Hoffman spake the following: > >> There are more reasons than a conspiracy to get you to pay a >> subscription... >> > True, but in most or almost all, it is not your sendmail or your server that > has anything to do with it. A bounce would indicate a problem or other > things...but 'defer' could mean anything. I get a lot from yahoo, both with > the stupid ID things and one server without them. They can defer for a > while. > > I seldom get a defer from anywhere else, but a mailout of a large list could > get some. > > But I see nothing you can do at your end if you are sending it other than > sending a letter to the deferring agent if you have the email, you know who > it is. If it is a big company like yahoo or hotmail, I would just send a > letter to the recipient and tell them about the issue so they can expect a > delay. > > Anyone notice how little junk snail mail they are getting now? Or how many > snuggie blanket ads they are receiving via email....strange world out there. Bulk mail is still expensive, and it is easier for the scammers to send e-mail then to try and get a bulk mail piece past the postal inspectors. Looking at my stats for the year, At the beginning of 2008 I was rejecting (at MTA) less than half a million messages a month. Now it is over 2 million a month. That is pre-processing rejections on a system with less than a hundred people on it. I can imagine what you ISP level guys are dumping! -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081215/0eaa5656/attachment-0004.sig>