Re: [Exim] lowest numbered MX record points to local host

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Author: Vadim Vygonets
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] lowest numbered MX record points to local host
Quoth Georg v. Zezschwitz on Mon, Jan 03, 2000:
> What about the new "translate_ip_address" toy Philip has donated
> us?


You must translate it to something useful, though.

> Translating 127.0.0.1 to any MTA not willing to do anything
> (5xx greeting) should work fine.


Yes, and where will you get such SMTP server? Set it up
yourself?

What needs to be done is painful education of the lusers who make
MX records point to 127.0.0.1.

Vadik.

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