Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:01:53 +0200 From: David Landgren <david@landgren.net> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Eliminating "noise" from secondary MX Message-ID: <3EF98121.7020607@landgren.net> In-Reply-To: <770984.1056386462@raptor> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030623083909.02be3c50@localhost> <770984.1056386462@raptor>
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Karl Pielorz wrote: [...] > Or, secondly - as was cleverly suggested to me a while ago - setup a 3rd > MX that has a IN A PTR to your primary MX, and make it the highest > priority... > > e.g. > > mx0.mydomain.com PRI 20 > mx1.mydomain.com PRI 30 > mx2.mydomain.com PRI 40 (Which is really just a different name for mx0) > > That way, you'll probably find most the spam hits the highest priority > MX (which is, in reality your primary MX). I think you mean "highest-numbered" MX, which is the lowest priority MX, but yeah, I get the picture. Thanks for the tip, I might give it a try. David
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