RE: [Exim] only MX points to 127.0.0.1 !

Oliver Cook wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 12:13:48PM +0100, Steve Platt wrote:
> > We've started to notice mailing list messages freezing,
> which seems connected
> > with attempts to deliver to an domain name which resolves
> to the address
> > 127.0.0.1 !
>
> Spammers also use this tactic, setting the lowest MX for the domain
> specified as the envelope sender to be "127.0.0.1", so that
> the bounces end up getting stuck in the queue. Charming.

Some people do that as an anti-spam measure, too.

Florian