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From: John Peach (no email)
Date: Sun Sep 18 2005 - 10:53:34 EDT
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:45:59 +0200
Robert Felber <> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> we use only one MX and no backup MXers.
> Furthermore I've read, that spammers choose often rather try to relay
> to the backup MX.
>
> Would it break legitime mailers if I let the Backup MX point to
> 127.0.0.1? It sounds tasty on the first sight because spammers then
> relay to themselves.
>
You would not get anything through to mailers I control; I reject mail
from anyplace with an impossible MX.
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