Re: Confirmation email caught by spam filter

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Ashley Sheridan wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 07:45 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
>> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>> 
>> > I've also seen this happen where the address that the mail was sent
>> > from is different from the MX record for the domain the email says
>> > it is sent from. The only way round this is to have the MX and A
>> > records point to the same server.
>> 
>> It's not a real problem - lots of companies have different inbound
>> and outbound servers.
>> 
>> 
>> /Per
>> 
> The spam filters we use at work have this problem, not any others that
> I've seen, but I was just saying it is a problem, and in a corporate
> environment, not just someone with an over zealous firewall.
> 
> Would setting up a backup MX record solve this do you think?

Possibly, but it depends on how that check is done.  It really ought to
be fixed by the receiving end (fixed=removed).  It is perfectly normal
to have separate inbound and outbound mail-servers.  For instance, if
you're having your email filtered by an external service such as
Spamchek or Messagelabs.  A check on inbound mail that says it must be
sent by the MX listed for the sending domain is really only going to
hurt the receiving end.  I personally wouldn't do anything to try to
fix it from my side. 


/Per

-- 
Per Jessen, Zürich (14.2°C)


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