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Re: the value of reverse address lookups?


From: Joe Maimon <jmaimon () ttec com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:17:40 -0500




Douglas F. Calvert wrote:

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What more is known about the mail sender or ssh client
just because the reverse address lookup goes through?
You have a clue as to who their ISP thinks they are...for starters. Also its easier on the eyes in the logfiles.

Anyone care to give their thoughts on the legacy aspect?
I gather that most people here, far from viewing it as legacy, increasingly support more prejudicial treatment of those hosts without it...

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Douglas F. Calvert




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