Tracy wrote: >>Personally, I'd like to be able to tell the server to reject (At SMTP >>level) all messages from non-existant domains, and I don't know about >>rejecting messages from addresses that don't exist... >> >> >I agree that checking MX and/or A for RHS MAIL FROM is a good idea. (I >actually restricted that to MX checks, since a domain intended to receive >mail *should* have an MX - so I don't fall back to an A check on a MAIL >FROM RHS check.) > > > If I'm not mistaken RFCs allow mail routing by A records... I don't think you should be so strict.. Anyway, *that* is not what will stop spam..
>Plus (and this is becoming more prevalent) some mail servers are adding >people who do this sort of sender verification to their local blocking lists. > >Something to consider. > > > I never heard of this.. Seems silly to me. Breaks to much of the standards.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
