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Subject: Re: Fw: Blocking mail with forged/spoofed headers to majordomo lists
From: Todd Lyons <todd @ mrball . net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:07:32 -0700
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
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dewed wanted us to know:

>DNS Loop: MX-record XYZhosting.com points back to us
>So the host has the domains MX record messed up, right?
>or possibly a forward that points to itself? 

Yes, you are correct.  In the case of sendmail, the user has configured
the DNS MX record to point to the IP of the sendmail box, but hasn't
configured sendmail to realize that domain is to be considered a local
domain.
-- 
Blue skies...	Todd 	Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc
...and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious
 anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my binaries, and you 
    will know my name is root, when I lay my vengeance upon you.

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