On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Adam Funk wrote:
> I'm thinking of MTA(n-1) as a department's outgoinggmailhub or ISP's
> smarthost. It's usually configured to accept anything from within the
> IP range it's supposed to cover, and use DNS MX to pick MTA(n) for
> non-local recipients.
It's also worth considering open relays - if you're receiving messages
from an open relay it may be a Bad Thing to reject them since the open
relay may well generate a bounce to the (spoofed) sender in response to
the rejection. (Open relays are, by definition, incorrectly configured).
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