At 06:53 AM 8/30/01 , Philip Hazel wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Thorkild Stray wrote:
>
> > I totally agree! I don't like it at all, but this is not a system I am in
> > any way in control of. This is a remote system, and I am just getting
> > complained to because mails through mailservers I control bounce back.
>
>Well, apart from complaining to the postmaster, you might perhaps be
>able to do something in Exim by making use of ignore_target_hosts on
>your lookuphost router. Of course, that means you have to keep a list of
>IP addresses for these bozos.
I appreciate this thread, and concur that it's a complete waste of resources.
One mail domain that I manage is just this type of *mostly disconnected*
dialup, which had I domain hosting authority would be minus one such MX
record.
Thanks for the fuel. Now to light a fire under the ISP. Either they remove or
renumber that MX, or face a connection forced open 24/7. Something tells me
that they'll prefer to remove/renumber the MX rather than have us waste
*their* precious resources.
Regards,
Jeff
Jeffrey B. Green Personal Computer Consultant - Las Vegas, Nevada
http://jbgreen.com Networking Las Vegas Since 1986