Autor: Andrew Fecha: A: Marc Perkel, exim-users Cc: Asunto: Re: [exim] Yet Another ANTI-SPAM Trick
Hey,
Seems like a good idea....
... I will have to try/test .
Cheers,
A.
Marc Perkel wrote:
> Again - noticing that I get a lot of spam atempts on the HIGHEST MX
> record - I sert up a FAKE IP address for my highest MX.
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> I now have 3 MX records:
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> smtp1.ctyme.com - mail server
> smtp2.ctyme.com - real backup server
> smtp3.ctyme.com - fake backup server
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> The 3rd server - which is really just a different IP address on my
> main server always returns DEFER creating a temporary error. Many
> spammers never retry so the spam goes away. Is a very inexpensive spam
> deterrent and have very low cost in computer resources.
>
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> The delay gives me the illusion I'm punishing them.
>
> There's no email losses because real email will eventually retry the
> mail real server on the lowest MX record.
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