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Donating MX Entries

effect of donated MX on searches

Author: J.Hess8 (15 Dec 09 4:38pm)

I was thinking about donating some MXs for domains that are used for various projects. But then I got to wondering what that would do to searches for those projects. If the MX is public, honey pots will use it, and so it will tend to pollute search results, right?

Re: effect of donated MX on searches

Author: M.Prince (16 Dec 09 2:02am)

We mark all the pages where honey pot email addresses are distributed as off-limits to search engine's indicies. As a result, donated domains are very unlikely to show up in any search term. We haven't had any reports of this being a problem for the tens of thousands of donated MXs we've received so far.