Fake MX records

[Jeff A. Earickson]

Martin,

Yes, I've been using a fake high MX for a long time, with
smtptrapd, see:

http://smtptrapd.inodes.org

It diverts a lotta crap away from my mail server.  Never thought
about putting my real MX in the middle though.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Martin.Hepworth wrote:

> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:17:52 +0100
> From: Martin.Hepworth <martinh at solidstatelogic.com>
> Reply-To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> Subject: Fake MX records
> 
> Just seen this..
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/OtherTricks (Fake MX Record)
>
> on the SA-users list.
>
> Looks very useful, anyone here using this technique?
>
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> Martin Hepworth
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> Solid State Logic
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