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From: mouss (no email)
Date: Tue Nov 01 2005 - 03:48:21 EST
Mark Bleyerveld a écrit :
>Hi all
>
>A client of mine is having a problem with spam coming through their backup
>MX (not under their control). I know the consensus about this situation, but
>I can't convince them to lose their backup entirely.
>
>I saw earlier this year a post about adding extra MX records to reduce this
>problem - listing the primary MTA as the first, second and last priority MX
>(preferably with different IPs), and leaving the backup MX as third priority
>record.
>
>Any comments on this? Any respectable/authoritative links to help me
>convince the client would be great.
>
>
This is a hack that may or may not work, and that may cause trouble to
legit mail.
>Failing that, are there any authoritative links making the case for losing
>the backup altogether, which would be the preferred option.
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>
The list archives?
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