[Pdns-users] Fancy Records and Redirectors

[bert hubert]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:43:13PM -0000, Richard Mason wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I currently evaluating the benefits of exploiting the "Fancy" record
> capability PowerDNS offers.  I guess firstly I will need suitable SMTP
> redirector.  Would I be right in thinking that a suitable "redirector" would
> essentially be an ordinary SMTP server willing to relay for the source
> domain?

Indeed.

> If that is the case, surely that makes the SMTP server highly susceptible to
> abuse (particularly if wildcards are in use)?  Also I'm not sure how this
> really differs to setting up the domain on the mail server and forwarding
> mail to the destination account as normal.

It does not differ wildly, the idea is that it is nice to have all data in
one place. Relaying is the same as always and not an abuse risk.

Regards,

bert

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