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> All mails sent to gmail were silently dropped This used to be a cardinal sin for mailserver operators; mail should always either be delivered, or result in a
by denton-scratch 4y ago
> All mails sent to gmail were silently dropped
This used to be a cardinal sin for mailserver operators; mail should always either be delivered, or result in a non-delivery notification ("bounce"). Dropping mail on the floor was a no-no.
Then along came gmail...
- account42 4y agoBounces didn't become haram because of gmail but because of backscatter spam. You can still reject the mails at submission time but that changes where you have to run your spam filter.