Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 08:39:19AM -0700, John McCoy, Jr. wrote:
> > I've included the entire bounce message below, but here is a summary.
> >
> > My local server thinks it should have been the right place to deliver the
> > message but the domain wasn't in control/locals.
> > The domain in question is not ours, by a long shot. NSLOOKUP on the same
> > system confirms this.
>
> [snip]
>
> > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at ella.mills.edu.
> > I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce bounced!
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
> > it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local. (#5.4.6)
>
> Someone's doing funny things with a694u.com's DNS:
>
> $ dnsmx a694u.com
> 10 127.0.0.1
I've seen this before with spammers, as an attempt to defeat the "reject
mail if no valid MX" anti-spam check some misguided MTA authors
implement. Never mind the fact that MX's aren't supposed to be IP
addresses...
Charles
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