Marc Perkel wrote:
Marc Ferguson wrote:
Hi,
I'm a linux noob and a spam assassin noob so please reply in
simplified language. Thanks.
I saw on the wiki a trick to use fake mx records in order to weed out
spam (http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/OtherTricks). I'm using
Evolution at home and on my laptop and I have the spamassassin plugin
so I'm constantly clicking the "junk" icon. I have access to my
shared web hosting account and I sure do get TONS of spam. I'm a bit
confused as to how to implement it though. My web host uses WHM so
my form looks something like this:
digitalalias.net <http://digitalalias.net> 14400 IN MX 0
digitalalias.net <http://digitalalias.net>
What is 14400, I'm guessing a port of some kind. Besides that the
wiki suggests that my first fake mx record should be set at 10, then
my real mx record at 20, and then another fake one at 30. Why is
this since my current mx record is set to 0?
fake0.example.com <http://fake0.example.com> 10
realmx.example.com <http://realmx.example.com> 20
fake1.example.com <http://fake1.example.com> 30
Hi Marc,
I'm the guy who invented the trick and yes it does work.
ahuh? do you have references for this claimed "invention"?
I'm running it with more that 4000 domains and it gets rid of more
than half my spam without having to use spamassassin. I use SA too but
it's very expensive to run and anything that reduces it will cut your
server load.
I'm also providing a public server to harvest fake MX info to help
build my blacklist. You can use this host for your fake high numbered
MX. (Not a low numbered MX though)
mail.yourdomain.com 10
tarbaby.junkemailfilter.com 20
