RE: [AMaViS-user] Dummy MX (was Wow! CPU "high load"... [was Wow!

man, 15.08.2005 kl. 16.20 skrev Michael Scheidell:

> DON'T SET UP MX RECORDS TO RFC 1918 OR RESERVED IP ADDRESSES!
> As fun as it seems to have spam go to
> [dictionary-attack-a-Z1-9]@[127.0.0.1], don't do it.

Just as a matter of curiosity: You did this?

> If you do, you will get yourself listed at www.rfc-ignorant.org, and one
> of the defaults for amavisd-new is to check bogusmx.rfc-ignorant.org to
> see if you are on the blacklist.
>
> You won't be able to send email to fellow amavisd-new users (or anyone
> using bogus.rfc-ignorant.org)
>
> Set up a REAL ip address, somewhere, IN YOUR IP SPACE SO YOU DON'T SLAM
> SOME OTHER POOR FELLOW.
>
> Also, a bogus mx of 127.0.0.1 WILL BE USED BY LEGIT EMAIL, (every once
> and a while, based on some slow server or response, your secondaries
> will be used) and legit email will bounce.

I'm a strict ISC BIND person. Once in a while I have a giggle to myself
over the 127.0.0.x workarounds on the Postfix list, but I've never tried
any of them, since they mostly don't agree with my BIND tuition.

--Tonni

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2005, 15:59 CEST:

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"Well, if your only occupation is collecting dog turds for a living,
you're pretty poor ..."

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