On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 21:59 +0000, Cedric Knight wrote:
> On 09/12/10 20:30, Karsten Bräckelmann wrote:
> > Anyway, why are *web* servers sending out mail at all? Other than maybe
> > cron junk and friends, which would warrant bypassing SA or extending
> > your internal network. If they are indeed intended to send out mail to
> > third-parties, they better be configured properly first.
>
> In the case that actually caused me to write, orders from a shop. Or it
> might be running PHPList or CiviCRM or any CMS that authenticates users
> by email.
Transactional order confirmation mail? Well, mail *is* part of their
business then, and they really should take a moment to think about their
mail infrastructure.
(Just like they should take a moment to think about online advertising,
and how valid some of the offers might be. There are a lot of traps, not
only in traditional businesses. But I digress.)
> > Looks like a dynamic hostname indeed.
>
> The "srv" might raise suspicions. In fact, I suppose it's not a totally
> unreasonable form of rDNS for a large server farm, but personally I give
> all the cows on my farm names.
Not unreasonable for a server farm, but a mail delivery cluster is a
different species.
And from the shop owner's POV, it's not a farm anyway, or is it? I
wouldn't assume they are using more than one machine...
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