> > You should be safe doing that. It is not appropriate for a legitimate
> > mail client to alter the "To:" address.
> >
> > Even though *today* [EMAIL PROTECTED] may be an acceptable alias for
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], it's very likely that at some point the names of the
> > SMTP servers will change, and it will not be a valid alias.
>
>Would periodically cycling the DNS name of my MX machine put any sort of a
>damper on the less persistant spammers? Or would it have no effect since the
>"real" recipient is usually list in the "X-Recip-To:" field.
No, it wouldn't have an effect. They don't know or care what the MX
records were last week. If you change it today, and someone spams you
after the change, they will just use your new server name and spam the same
way they did before.
You would need to filter on the @mx1.netdotcom.com.
-Scott
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