Jim Seymour wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > I don't have any problem using a backup MX. My sendmail rules skip over
> > the received line from my MX and check the host that sent to my MX.
>
> What do you do if you don't like the client that delivered it to your
> backup MX? You can't just throw it away. Well, you *can*, but doing
> so breaks the email delivery system. If reject it, your backup MX will
> then bounce it to the ostensible sender, which is very likely forged.
For stuff I block via sendmail, I 550 it, even from my MX. I am not
sure what my MX does with it, but no one has complained.
For email that hits procmail, I ignore viruses and report spam to the
domain administrator of the mail sender host.
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