On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Florian Laws wrote:
> 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.
Er.. setting your primary MX to resolve to 127.0.0.1 stops all mail
completely, not just spam. It is far more polite to simply not have an
MX record if you do not wish to receive mail at a given domain.
>
> Florian
>
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