Is there a way to bounce spam email back to the sender using the Apple mail client? I get spam email because some company was hacked and then sold my email address. The Mail app is filtering most of it out into the junk folder. But is there a way to have that email bounce back to the sender so that they will stop sending it to my "me.com" email address?
Bouncing email is a bad idea. It confirms to the sender that they have a good address for you, and more importantly, spammers spoof sent from email addresses so bounced email goes to innocent email users. Even worse, if the bounced email goes to an innocent email user who has also set up auto bounce of email then a race condition is created where an email continues to bounce around the Internet. Multiply these bounced messages by millions a day and it is not difficult to imaging the negative impact of bouncing emails.
Most if not all email clients and servers removed this capability years ago.
http://c-command.com/spamsieve/
Don't use it, but set up blocking and filtering rules at my ISP--not 100%, but sometimes effective.
Unsolicited emails is kind of the classic definition of spam emails so by definition you are a spammer. Sorry you don't like the moniker but if the shoe fits...
I am sorry but I must concur with Bob that you are a spammer. It sounds like what you and your company are doing is of questionable legality.
With all do respect Bob. You can't seem to grasp the point that these are not unsolicited emails.
Thank you Eric. No the help I was looking for. Constructive solicited advice.
I was responding to David Fields.
Please explain why you think they are not?
So far nothing you have said makes them sound like anything else but spam.
Regretfully, the link only gives me a blank page in Safari. Firefox gives me a 404 error.
Good information to know and definitely helpful. However, I'd rather simply not see it at all if I can help it.
How do you bounce spam email in Apple mail?
