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Postfix Archives: Re: 4xx vs 5xx for spam rejects

Re: 4xx vs 5xx for spam rejects


Subject: Re: 4xx vs 5xx for spam rejects
From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Mon Dec 20 1999 - 07:58:22 CST


Michael Sobolev:
> Why the default value for rejecting spam is 4xx and not 5xx?

How do you know it is spam? Postfix just plays safe, and delays
mail rather than losing it.

As long as the mail does not get through, it just pollutes the
logging.

        Wietse



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