> How about a anti-spam server.
> Everyone maintains a high value MX record to a server who only function
> is to accept smtp connections and let them hang until timeout.
<m.hampson@???> writes:
> A connection from a known spammer is rejected by the real mail
> servers and will fall back to the anti-spam server where they wait until
> a time out.
you're making an assumption that spam software is "well behaved" when
it comes to smtp transactions and proper handling of MX records. much
of it is pretty crude stuff. this solution will chew up resources and
only affect a relatively small percentage of spam on the net,
unfortunately.
richard
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