Anti-spam measures

On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> So they setup their *own* nameserver to spam their *own* domain using
> you as a relay? Not very likely..

Well, we have a number of customers, that use mail-software, which is
unable to follow the mail the whole way through, and simply dumps it on
out mail-server expecting us to do the hard work - which we gladly do, as
they pay us to do so :-)




> 
> No, the real problem is when a MX is moved to another host. Cached MX
> records on other nameservers will cause the mail to be sent to the
> old MX, which doesn't accept it anymore. This _can _ cause bounced email
> if you are not careful (like lowering TTL 1 day before the tranfer, etc)
> 
> Mike. 
> -- 
>  Miquel van Smoorenburg |  The dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac lay in his bed
>     miquels at cistron.nl  |  awake all night wondering if there is a doG
> 
> 

Peter B. Juul,
DKnet.