Marc Perkel wrote: > > > Chris Edwards wrote: > > Rate-limiting callouts based on the sender domain only helps in the > > special case where a spammer is repeatedly using one domain for multiple > > attempts on your server. > > > > But surely most of the spam you receive has sender addresses in different > > faked domains (not just different localparts at a single "domain.com"). > > > > So you'll still be emit a lot of collateral traffic. > > > > > > Actually from what I've seen spammers will find some misconfigured > domain that they like for some reason and use it for the fake addresses. > Generally a domain that has catchall accounts.
It is possible if the admin of that catchall domain decided to block all <> senders to the catchall address, it wouldn't be so bad. -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals Got Gas??? -- ## 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/
