Re: Evolution - bouncing emails from selected senders

From: General Schvantzkoph (schvantzkoph_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/27/04

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    Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:09:03 -0400

    On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:33:28 -0700, nevada wrote:

    > Is there something I can do in Evolution that will cause it to bounce
    > emails from selected email addresses as if they had been bounced at
    > the ISP?
    >
    > I can then filter to trash. But want them to also bounce, so the
    > sender gets the message.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > NS

    Never bounce an e-mail address, you're just adding to the spam. Spammers
    never use their own e-mail addresses they use the addresses on innocent
    people. If you bounce e-mails you're no better than the spammer who sent
    it in the first place.

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