7 Mar
2005
7 Mar
'05
5:27 a.m.
At 04:47 AM 3/7/2005, Eric Smith wrote:
I don't see how it "spreads the load" or
how the spammer benefits
in any way. The spammer wants to get the spam to as many valid
email addresses as possible, but sending to the backup MX doesn't
get it to more valid email addresses, and it doesn't reduce the
load on the spammer's sending machine.
Were they talking about relaying and authenticating senders, or
about sending to a user at the MX[n] host?
- John