[rt-users] blocking correspondence labeled "Precedence: bulk"

[Jesse Vincent]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 08:10:53PM +0200, Leif Nixon wrote:
> Tim Pierce <twp at rnktel.com> writes:
> 
> > After looking at some of the inbound mail it looks as if dropping
> > inbound mail with a header of "Precedence: bulk" would do a good first
> > pass at eliminating the autoreplies.  I'm writing to ask: has anyone
> > tried this and found it to be a *bad* idea?
> 
> "Precedence: bulk" indicates that the e-mail is either from a mailing
> list or somehow autogenerated (like an autoreply). It is almost always
> a good idea to filter those out from any automated e-mail handling, so
> yes, do go ahead.

There's a very important nuance here.  Replying to them is bad. Dropping
them on the floor is even worse.  Just because mail has been proxied by
an automated system doesn't mean it's junk.