FredW wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote :
>
>> Doesn't MailWasher only work with OE?
>
> No, it does not.
> MailWasher is a kind of preprocessor of mail. I used it with Mozilla
> Thunderbird, without any problem.

Yes, I know what it is, but thought it only integrated with OE. Thanks.

>> MailWasher has that nasty "bouncer" that people go crazy with,
>> sending bounce messages to the other spam victims whose addresses
>> were forged in the FROM field. That is *truly* nasty.
>
> You can choose to use the "bounce" option or not.
> I switched "bounce" off because of the effects you mentioned.

Problem is, n00bs find the feature and their eyes light up.

"Whoohoo!! I can bounce this email back to the spammer!!!1!! He'll take
me off his list!"

Same thing applies to Challenge/Response systems.

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