Re: fixing insecure email infrastructure (was: Re: [eweek article] Window of "an

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer () nic fr>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:21:20AM -0500,
 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote 
 a message of 45 lines which said:

> > Requesting rDNS means "I don't want to receive email from Africa".
>
> Having an rDNS entry for a host doesn't mean you know if it is/isn't
> in Africa,

Of course, I know that. I just mentioned Africa because, in many
countries in Africa, it is simply impossible to get a PTR
record. That's a fact, there are many reasons behind.