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jh0rv4t
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check if sender MX points to bogon IP or hostname (localhost, 127.0.0.1, ::1)

Hi

 

Is there a check in FortiMail (like in http://www.postfix.com/postconf.5.html#smtpd_sender_restrictions) to reject/drop mails if senders domain MX points to bogon A/MX record:

 

check_sender_mx_access:

 

127.0.0.1 REJECT
localhost REJECT

...

 

 

 

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AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser

Never seen such check on FortiMail.

AEK
AEK
jh0rv4t
New Contributor

>nslookup -type=mx dtcinfy.com 1.1.1.1

dtcinfy.com MX preference = 300, mail exchanger = localhost

 

so email (spam?) from @dtcinfy.com is then stuck in dead mail queue/loop....

 

it should never been accepted in the first place.

 

SAV (sender address verification) could help in this case. How is this done in FortiMail?

AEK

May be I missed something but I don't understand why an e-mail from a sender that has MX 127.0.0.1 should be considered as SPAM.

As far as I know when a mail is received then DNS records like PTR, SPF and DKIM are checked but not MX.

AEK
AEK
jh0rv4t
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It should be considered as invalid or not rfc compliant atleast.

i see no sense in accepting email from domain that does "not want" to accept one itself.

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