Backup mail server?

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 10:34:25PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> > This just amounts to "don't use an ummaintained machine with no anti-spam
> > tools for your backup MX". I don't see why that in any way invalidates the
> > whole idea. (In fact, for the reasons you describe, one might want to have
> > *stricter* spam checking rules on the backup MX.)
> The backup MX will become a back-scatter generator unless it has a valid
> list of recipients @your.domain (which it usually won't have if it's not
> under your control).

I guess I totally missed the "not under your control" bit. I agree, that
seems not so good.

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