Re: post.office
Randy Martin ( randy@austintx.net )
Mon, 24 Mar 1997 11:08:58 -0600
At 11:58 AM 3/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 06:57 PM 3/23/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>I've been following this post.office spammer thread with some interest.
>>Here's an idea:
>
>And an EXCELLENT idea at that. Thanks very much, Daryl. I do indeed
>have a spare machine and the time to set that up. It just might work.
>
>>Set up a machine as a mail forwarder (only), and point MX to it. Use
>>only a hosts file for name resolution (disable DNS) so that the only
>>machine the forwarder can look up by name is the "real" mail server.
>>Make sure the hosts file includes an entry for the domain itself that
>>points to the real mail server. Any SMTP for your system goes through
>>through the forwarder to the real mail host, and any mail hitting that
>>"inbound" mail server for other mail servers dies as undeliverable.
>>Then block tcp:25 in to your "real" mail server. It's kludgy but it may
>>work for some of you with a spare machine and a few hours of time.
>>
>>It does nothing to actually fix the core problem, i.e. buggy software
>>and poor support, but I'm offering this suggestion for those of you
>>pushed against the wall by this.
>
>
>
I'm assuming you also need entries in your hosts file for all the domains
for which you receive mail pointing to the "real" mail server. Correct?
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