Comments on: Bounce in Apple Mail http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zoli Erdos http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-218694 Zoli Erdos Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:50:58 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/#comment-218694 Empowerment is what it's all about ... and I fell for it, liking the feature just like Jeff. But I guess Alex is right, spammers are brute force bots, they don't analyze bounce messages, so you really achieve nothing. Banging on the table might be just as effective:-) Empowerment is what it’s all about … and I fell for it, liking the feature just like Jeff. But I guess Alex is right, spammers are brute force bots, they don’t analyze bounce messages, so you really achieve nothing. Banging on the table might be just as effective:-)

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-218369 Jeff Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:28:49 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/#comment-218369 I think this feature is appealing to me because I feel proactively empowered. I have resigned myself to the fact that there is nothing I can do to stem the tide of spam, so this silly little feature makes me feel like I'm sticking it to them. I think this feature is appealing to me because I feel proactively empowered. I have resigned myself to the fact that there is nothing I can do to stem the tide of spam, so this silly little feature makes me feel like I’m sticking it to them.

]]> By: alex eckelberry http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-218347 alex eckelberry Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:38:20 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/#comment-218347 That is a patently dumb idea, and just adds to useless traffic on the net. Believe me -- we used to have that feature in our antispam product. It's useless -- the vast majority of spam is from innocent user machines that are turned into spam zombies. It's a cute thing to have, if you want to fake someone out by making them think you're no longer at an email address. It may (may) also work with things like legitimate newsletters. But for the typical slimey spam, it's just a waste of bandwidth. That is a patently dumb idea, and just adds to useless traffic on the net.

Believe me — we used to have that feature in our antispam product. It’s useless — the vast majority of spam is from innocent user machines that are turned into spam zombies.

It’s a cute thing to have, if you want to fake someone out by making them think you’re no longer at an email address. It may (may) also work with things like legitimate newsletters.

But for the typical slimey spam, it’s just a waste of bandwidth.

]]> By: Chris Selland http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-218296 Chris Selland Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:15:15 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/#comment-218296 FastMail has had this feature for a while too. FastMail has had this feature for a while too.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-218276 Zoli Erdos Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:45:32 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/01/25/bounce-in-apple-mail/#comment-218276 I saw this feature years ago in a niche product, IncrediMail. I only use it to send pictorial/animated greetings .. I'm really surprised this neat feature did not make it to the mainstream products. In fact... why not just automate it and allow bounce messages sent to all your junk mail? I saw this feature years ago in a niche product, IncrediMail. I only use it to send pictorial/animated greetings .. I’m really surprised this neat feature did not make it to the mainstream products.

In fact… why not just automate it and allow bounce messages sent to all your junk mail?

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