On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Marc Perkel wrote:
> >
> > Any MTA that allows an MX to decide whether or not a rcpt_to
> > domain should be accepted, is a DoS waiting to happen.
> >
>
> Unfortunately I have no control over the other end. But that's how some
> people set it up.
>
Then all you can do is make them aware of the possible gotchas
before cutover, so whatever they do is self-inflicted.
You can probably prequalify them too: make some test domain or
subdomain MX to the new customer's box(es), and then see if they
blindly accept stuff sent to the new domain.
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