Re: fake smtp setup?
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 02:20:23PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2003 10:02:46 -0500 Ray <ray.list@powerweb.net> wrote:
>
> > is there a way to setup a fake smtp server so that any mail sent to
> > it is accepted and dropped? basicly i'm looking to setup fake open
> > relays that will just eat the junk and not send it on. possibly
> > even logging the addresses its getting mail from?
>
> That strikes me as a not-very-good idea.
>
> Some blacklists work by looking for open relays and adding them to the
> blacklist.
>
> If your fake smtp server looks like an open relay and quacks like an
> open relay, it will get blacklisted like an open relay.
Most require that the message not only be "accepted" but actually get
"delivered". If this were not the case, every server that does recipient
checking after message receipt would be listed as an open-relay (qmail
comes to mind). With what the OP is describing, all incoming SMTP
connections would be accepted, but instead of normally delivery
(open-relay or otherwise) all deliveries would be piped to /dev/null.
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