On 9/28/2002 at 5:34 PM Andy Sparrow wrote:

>> On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Heywood Jblome wrote:
>> 
>> > -----------This is the entry in question--------
>> > Sep 27 13:44:40 medusa sm-mta[1742]: g8RIiXgt001742:
>> > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=1,
>> > proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[202.80.192.29]
>> 
>> Could this just be someone doing the following:
>> 
>>  telnet mx1.zzzzzz.com 25
>>  helo blah
>>  mail from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>  quit
>
>Increasinly common spammer trick, as is hitting the lowest-numbered MX

>in DNS /first/ (and often only) on the principle that it's less likely

>to be well-secured....
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Do you mean the MX with the higher number, rather than lower number?
For my domain, my backup MX is priority 100, my main MX is priority 0.
Or do I have these critters set up backwards?


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