Re: [Exim] compare mail from to mx

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: n-other@artel.kz
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] compare mail from to mx
[4/10/2004 8:30 PM] n-other@??? :

> i have one question. is there any way to check whatever ip address of other
> side is equal to mail from's domain part mx record while we're relaying mail
> for local user, i.e. if ip address is not equal this is probably a spam
> message and we can discard it.


that would be a dumb thing to do.

most large ISPs split their systems and don't send outgoing mail from
the servers listed as their MX - they usually use a different cluster
for incoming, and another for outgoing email.

    srs