Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

[Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>]

On 12/07/11 07:53, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 7/11/2011 3:55 PM, Chris Davies wrote:
>> Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
>>> You're obviously new to the world of running an email server and spam
>>> fighting
>>
>> About 20 years experience in a professional environment, with about 5
>> or so running an MTA at home (may be longer; I can't remember). Does
>> that count as "new"? I don't think so.
> 
> If you don't grasp the concepts I've been speaking of, and you don't
> grasp the depth of the bot spam problem, then yes, from a spam fighting
> or mail operations standpoint, you are definitely "new".
> 
>> To be fair, I have realised in re-reading my post that I had mistakenly
>> edited out the "I have a static IP address and proper rDNS" statement
>> I had originally written.
> 
> If you're unable to differentiate your setup and that of the classic
> consumer/"home" broadband host, then there's no point continuing this
> conversation really.  This situation seems something like this analogy:

"If you do not agree with me then you are not worth of discussing with" ?

> I'm 6'4" and about 185.  Someone calls me "fat ass" and I take offense.
>  Doesn't make sense does it since I'm not remotely fat.  You took
> offense to the term "home" user, but to a receiving MTA your host looks
> nothing like a "home" broadband host.

"looks like", it's just that your filter is not the good one. You
already said the problem was only with a part of those installations.

You happily have a bad filter because it blocks much too many legit
emails. If this is not your concern, just shut down email, you'll get no
spam at all.