[Mimedefang] Sender validation

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Thu Jun 24 13:12:36 EDT 2004


On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Kelson Vibber wrote:

> It looks like he's not checking that the sending server *is* an MX for the
> domain, (which would cause problems with sites that use separate servers
> for incoming and outgoing mail), but checking *an* MX to see if it
> recognizes the supposed sender's address.

Yes; milter-sender does this.

See the thread at http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&frame=right&th=353a6b6c5d3e164b&seekm=cak88l%24h7e%241%40carabinieri.cs.interbusiness.it#link6 for some pitfalls.

Regards,

David.



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