North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote: > >> One additional thing that I think wasnt mentioned in the article - > >> Make sure your MXs (inbound servers) are separate from your outbound > >> machines, and that the MX servers dont relay email for your dynamic IP > >> netblock. Some other trojans do stuff like getting the ppp domain name > > > That, on the other hand, gets you into trouble with rather stupid Spam > > filters, that only accept mails from a server, if that server is also > > MX for the senders domain. > > > > Yes, this is stupid, but that does not change the fact, that these > > setups are out there. > > Start using authenticated SMTP for this. Until the next bot implemented co-opts the pop3 client, or simply hacks the password from the pop3 client (how strong is that encryption?). James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor [email protected] http://3.am =========================================================================
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