On 6 Feb 2001, at 14:19, Dave C. wrote:
> ignore_target_hosts was created _specifically_ to counter this
> insidious spammer behavior.
Thanks, I will try this.
Looks like time for an upgrade though, I'm running 3.14.
>As far as a spammer setting their MX to some random (valid) host,
>look into the sender_verify_callback stuff in the newest versions of
>exim. It is a costly check, but on a lightly loaded server might be
>worth it (I have this set on my personal server)
My server only sees around 10000 messages/week so it will certainly
be worth my while.
Looks like EXIM can do what I want after all. It is probably the only
MTA that can.
Thanks Dave, and everyone else who responded.
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