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

--On Monday, October 16, 2006 10:04:30 -0700 [email protected] 
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 [email protected] and see if it gets 
through.  To my knowledge, not one person who has done that has had their 
mail rejected.

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