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Re: EXIM, Help stop relaying spam



On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 08:22:23 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, David Warnock wrote:
>> relay_domains_include_local_mx = true
>
>You can turn this off because a spammer can simply put you host in his DNS
>makeing you an MX host and you will relay for him.

Nope. If a spammer puts the host in his DNS, you are going to relay
_TO_ him. So he can happily spam himself.

Greetings
Marc

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