huge mail going throw my mail server how to protect

Heinz Diehl htd at fritha.org
Fri Apr 6 18:12:18 UTC 2012


On 06.04.2012, Joe Zeff wrote: 

> I have, a few times, considered setting up a mailserver of my own for my
> domain so that even when I was away from home all mail went through it.
> Every time I have, I've decided against it for exactly that reason. If more
> people did the same, we'd not have as many open relays spamming the world.

Setting up a mailserver is not a real problem, all the "big"
mailservers come with good documentation. However, they are complex
beasts, and "time" seems to be the real important factor. Getting
blacklisted because you build an open relay is stupid, but nothing
changes practice more and faster than adverse anecdote :-)





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