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Re: question on ptr rr


From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:08:09 -0500 (EST)


There are quite a few sites (including the freebsd.org mailserver, and, 
on a case by case basis, even AOL) that do refuse mail from IPs without 
rDNS, but turning on a "must have rDNS or you can't email us" setting 
will definitely result in a non trivial amount of false positives.

but, i suspect that more and more of the world will go that
way, maybe slowly.  so how does one judge when a site which
hosts public lists can do so without causing serious
discomfort for folk?  is there some objective measure, or do
we all just shoot in the dark?

randy


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