On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 06:09:04AM -0300, Jose Fragoso wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote a quick and dirty diff to Bob Beck's greyscanner that
> traps hosts using a badfrom/BADFROM similar to the existing
> badrcpt/BADRCPT procedure.
>
> I started using this script to trap hosts that try to send
> mail using my own destination domain in the 'from:' field.
> It is catching many hosts, but I am afraid the principle
> might be wrong.
>
> Bsically, if my network has de MX servers for domain
> @example.com, and a host tries to send a mail saying
> 'mail from:<[email protected]>', I will trap him.
>
> So I would like to hear opinions from the more experienced
> users about the pros and cons of this idea.
As long as you are the only user and aware of this, it's fine. But
quite a few people mail stuff to themselves...
Joachim