Re: [EXIM] A Rather Interesting Question

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Author: Paul D. Robertson
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To: Andromeda
CC: Exim
Subject: Re: [EXIM] A Rather Interesting Question
On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Andromeda wrote:

> Since some unscrupulous bastards (pardon my French) harvest the InterNIC
> database for address to UCE to, I want to set up an email address that is
> displayed on InterNIC, but only RECEIVES email from InterNIC, and InterNIC
> only. Any other mail will be rejected.


This is a rather bad idea. The *biggest* use for WHOIS data is other
administrators reporting problems with your domain. If you reject mail
from them, you're likely to miss out if there is ever a problem with your
domain.

Paul
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