Tryign to send mail via a python script by using the local MTA

Denis McMahon denismfmcmahon at gmail.com
Mon Sep 16 15:09:54 EDT 2013


On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:02:20 +0300, Ferrous Cranus wrote:

> We need to try it to see if it will work, or perhaps we can alter both
> the hostname and ip address variables on the server to some other values
> so that google will use them too.
> 
> It will not detect the real hostname or the real ip this way since both
> values will be not true.

It may however detect that your are presenting an ip and or hostname that 
does not match the host you are connecting with, and increase the spf 
score on the messages to the point that the messages get rejected either 
in the google mta or downstream due to their spf score.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon at gmail.com



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