>I don't think this would be safe. What if your primary goes down for >whatever reason or due to a larger network issue your primary is not >reachable? > >Dale > >On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:01:28 -0800 > Mailing List Reader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>on 3/16/02 12:12 AM, Jerry Pasker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> It is very >>>> revealing to review the logs and see that some spammers >>>>go >>straight for the >>>> lowest priority server. >> >> >>So why not set up an old box with sims and make it like the 5th priority and >>route everything to error. >> >>Any legitimate mail would get to your higher priority boxes and only >>spammers would hit the error box. >> >>just wondrin' >> >>M./ >>
I still think the best approach to curbing spam with SIMS is to not run secondaries at all (I still can't believe I'm saying this), or only run SIMS secondaries. If the primary for a domain becomes unreachable any respectable sending mailhost will hold the mail until it can be delivered later. With SIMS as secondaries, you'll get the benefits of RBLs, and static blacklists (you'll have to manually sync them), but you'll lose some of the anti-harvesting features. By running no secondaries, you get to have your cake and eat it too. I guess it all depends on to what ends one will go to fight spam. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
