On 08/02/2010 17:38, Shaun R wrote: > I have a exim setup that is a redundant MX. The server accepts mail for > a list of domains and holds the mail until it can deliver it to the > primary server. The problem i'm having is that this server gets a ton > of spam because it's accepting mail for any recipient and then hammers > the primary server. I modified my check_recipient acl so that it has > the following > > accept domains = +relay_domains > local_parts = lsearch;/etc/relaydomains/$domain > verify = recipient > > > Before it only had > > accept domains = +relay_domains > > This works great as long as i keep /etc/relaydomains/$domain updates but > the problem comes with some domains that have catchall type aliases. On > the primary server the aliases file has a *: catch...@domain entry. > With the modifications above if i add * to the /etc/relaydomains/$domain > it does not accept mail for all recipients. > > Looking for ideas about what i need to do, thanks!
Is there a reason why your secondary MX can't perform the same spam filtering as your primary MX? -- Mike Cardwell : UK based IT Consultant, Perl developer, Linux admin Cardwell IT Ltd. : UK Company - http://cardwellit.com/ #06920226 Technical Blog : Tech Blog - https://secure.grepular.com/ Spamalyser : Spam Tool - http://spamalyser.com/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
