Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:32:33 -0500 From: Christopher Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> To: Peter Matulis <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD's spamd. Message-ID: <4584C861.80704@vindaloo.com> In-Reply-To: <20061217032600.1363.qmail@web60116.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061217032600.1363.qmail@web60116.mail.yahoo.com>
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Peter Matulis wrote: [ snip ] > my secondary MX is a FreeBSD box with no such protection and I fear >> that >> the spammers will just take advantage of the fact that my secondary >> MX >> has weaker protections than my primary. > > Yes, best practice is to configure all MX servers in the same way. > Especially so if you plan to give spam servers a punch in the face > (stuttering, greylisting, etc). I am also interested in spamd but will > not use it because I do not have control of the other mailservers. > > Well, I found out the hard way. I configured my primary mailserver to use a few of the less political rbls and found that the spammers adapted by hitting my secondary MX.... -- Chris
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