On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:52:54AM -0400, Dan MacNeil wrote: > Craig Sanders wrote: > [backscatter hellhole snipped] > >99.9999% of the time your customers only THINK they need a backup > >MX (mostly because they're relying on obsolete advice from over a > >decade ago when backup MX servers weren't such a bad idea). these > >days they are rarely needed, and generally cause a lot more > >trouble than they are worth. > > I'd be curious as to any details on how things had changed in the past > 10 years. The internet got more reliable, the spam problem exploded, and having a server which accepts mail for *@domain and then bounces it later if the user proves not to exist became a serious liability. They only make sense if all MX servers know the valid users at each domain they accept mail for, and if they all apply the same antispam/virus measures. -- http://strugglers.net/wiki/Xen_hosting -- A Xen VPS hosting hobby Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB
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