Re: [Exim] only MX points to 127.0.0.1 !

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: Florian Laws
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] only MX points to 127.0.0.1 !
* [Florian Laws on 06/04/01 13:39 +0200]

> > 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.


When posting to usenet, as a perfectly legitimate address munging measure.
Definitely not A Good Thing (tm) when subscribing to mailing lists.

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