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Re: Getting rid of worms and viruses



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On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:20:14AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> If you have a permanently connected machine (as I do with an ADSL link),
> the DNS MX record should point to that machine, with a backup (lower
> priority) MX pointing somewhere else, such as your ISP.  Then machines
> that want to send you mail connect to you directly.

If a host is also it's own MX, having the MX is not necissary (if it
was, I shouldn't have been able to recieve email for the last six
years).  You also should *NOT* be pointing MX entries at random hosts,
even your ISP.  You need to make arrangements with someone running a
mail server before pointing an MX at them.

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 .''`.     Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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