Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Checking recipient and wildcard
On 02/08/2010 07:26 PM, ShaunR wrote: >> Is there a reason why your secondary MX can't perform the same spam
>> filtering as your primary MX?
>
> Problem still is that if a spammer sends a piece of mail to a mailbox
> that doesn't exist the secondary MX server will still accept it (if it
> gets past the spam checks) and then the server will try to deliver it to
> the primary. I'm trying to eliminate that.
When he says "the same" he means "including knowing what usernames
are valid". Ditch that catchall behavior, it's an attractive nuisance.
