[Gllug] How to handle spam bounces from secondary MX server

Andy Smith andy at lug.org.uk
Mon Dec 8 12:32:28 UTC 2008


Hi John,

On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:26:11PM -0000, John Winters wrote:
> There's a particular regular spam item with a subject like "Your order"
> which is always sent to the secondary MX, and always carries the same
> e-mail address (i.e. mine) in both the From: and To: fields.  The
> secondary MX then can't deliver it (because it scores way over 12) and
> eventually returns a bounce to the apparent sender (i.e. me).

It's best to either have the same antispam facilities on all your
MXes, or else only have one MX.

Cheers,
Andy

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