Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 05:26:28PM -0500, Scott Gifford wrote:
> > Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 
> > > On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 03:39:23PM -0500, Scott Gifford wrote:
> > > > Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 
> > > > > On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 03:09:38PM -0500, Ed Abrams wrote:
> > > > > > My problem: We are working with domain name registrars.  When a user
> > > > > > registers his domain with one of our partners, that partner will create an
> > > > > > MX record for that new domain, and that MX record will point to our email
> > > > > > server.  [without notifying you]
> > > > > So the rule would be "accept and deliver all mail for domains with an MX
> > > > > pointing to me".
> > > > > That's insane and fscking insecure.
> > > > What's insecure about it, as long as any mail that comes this way is
> > > > always delivered locally (which seemed to be what Ed wanted), and
> > > > never relayed to another server?
> > > okay, the real question is what happens afterwards with the mail. having the
> > > domain in locals and rcpthosts is not enough as we all know. As you did not
> > > mention that I guess there is some kind of program delivery, and with this
> > > in mind (specifically, I had an autocreated mailbox with webmail access in
> > > mind), everybody can (ab)use your service by just adding MX entries to
> > > whatever domain.
> > I assumed that the mail would just be stored in a catchall mailbox,
> > and when the user signed up for the service, would get the mail for
> > their domain.
> 
> yeah, but even this catchall box has to exist somehow. The job isn't done
> with adding the domain to locals and rcpthosts.

A good .qmail-default file could create a temporary place to store
mail to each domain, delivered to a real mailbox later on when the
domain was registered for.

> Greetz and 10x ofr all the fish, eh, bounsing the messages back to the list

No trouble; it only took 10 seconds.  I love Gnus.  :)

-----ScottG.

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