Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 06:10:19 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com> To: michael@blueneptune.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MX records Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970501061018.006e6f9c@mixcom.com>
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At 08:27 AM 4/30/97 -0700, michael@blueneptune.com wrote: >Granted that junk mail is sent to www.whatever.domain, but it is also >an address where a lot of people expect to be able to send mail regarding >the web site, and some domain holders want this. Definitely a decision >that should be left to the customer. As some leaks through, most is junk. People that mail regarding the website usually use the "mailto" at the bottom of the page. The customer is told what/why/how of mail. >Blocking port 25 for the web server address is a good idea just in general, >especially if you're running virtual domains. If you have MX records for >the domain, no properly behaving mailer should be contacting port 25 at >the address anyway, but it is prudent to have the firewall block it, in case >somebody is ignoring MX records, or to block any intentional abuse. Bingo! Mail *will* come in to systems that I *want* handling mail. >What he said. :-) The O'Reilly section of my bookshelf is getting >rather large these days... and it's probably the shelf I visit the >most! Truely! Plenty of new editions and outright new titles this year. ------------------------------------------- Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator jeff@mixcom.net MIX Communications Serving the Internet since 1990
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