Re: [exim] Am I an open relay or aren't I?

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Szerző: Philip Hazel
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Címzett: Martin A. Brooks
CC: exim-users, Daniel
Tárgy: Re: [exim] Am I an open relay or aren't I?
On Wed, 10 May 2006, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> Not wishing to be pedantic, but it's not a fake record, it's a real
> one. Also it's perfectly possible that it's not a spammer, but a host
> that is having trouble reaching your primary MX.


The way some people do this is to have the "fake real" MX point to a
second IP address on the same host as the primary MX. Therefore, the
chance of a real MTA accessing the fake when it can't access the primary
is very small.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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