--On 22 October 2007 09:29:09 +0100 ROGERS Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry if I've missed something here, but how will you KNOW that the MX > is used ONLY by spammers? The same way he knows that the originating IP address is only used by spammers, by asking a reputation server. Mistakes can happen, but that's true of any reputation based system. > I have bought domains that come with a default > MX that can be used to forward mail to a nominated address, and there > must be many cases where this is completely adequate - so if a spammer > buys a domain from the same provider, will these innocent domains be > tarred with the same brush? Yep. Therefore the provider has an incentive revoke the domain registration early. That allows sender verification to fail - without callouts. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
