Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6}

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Monday, October 16, 2006 10:04:30 -0700 benfell () raven cybernude org 
wrote:
> Wrong.  Completely wrong.  Any UNIX-like box with qmail can be configured
> to send mail out.  My laptop, for example.  But my domains only receive
> mail at the servers designated as MX hosts in DNS.
>
> Your idea that an outbound mail host should be listed in DNS indicates a
> complete misunderstanding of the purpose of an MX record.  These records
> indicate to other MTAs where they should deliver mail *to*, not where they
> should accept mail from.

{{{sigh}}} It sure would be nice if you guys would READ before jumping all 
over this.  Of course the MX record indicates where you send mail *to*. 
But historically thoses hosts were also the ones that accepted mail.  And 
in fact, *many* domains still handle it that way.  Yes, some do not, 
including ours, but that's beside the point.

Furthermore, policyd-*****WEIGHT***** (get it?????) assigns *weights* to 
various "flaws" (much like spamassassin does to content) and it takes a lot 
more than one flaw to reject the mail.

If you think that's wrong now, take it up with the author of 
policyd-weight, not me.  And as I have stated **repeatedly**, if you don't 
believe me, send a test message to geek () stovebolt com and see if it gets 
through.  To my knowledge, not one person who has done that has had their 
mail rejected.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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