Jeremy Harris wrote: > Stephen Kestle wrote: > > My advice on catchall accounts is "don't do that". > You get inundated with spam as soon as a dictionary-attack > hits your domain, and you get joe-jobbed to death too. > > - Jeremy > > I've had a universal domain account hosted elsewhere for a few years, with very little in the way of dictionary attacks. I have got one on this account (1 week old), but that was to something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] - interesting dictionary :).
It can't pose as much of a problem as subscribing to this list though. Since subscribing on opening this account, I have recieved over 50 spams directed at my exact email. I have not sent email to anyone except this list. In my experience, dictionary attacks are few and far between nowadays. However, the local-part-prefix option is interesting, and I'll probably set that up after I get inundated... -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
