On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 05:00:39PM -0500, Joseph Carter wrote: > Complete bullshit. Show me the RFC that says you may only have one DNS > name attached to an IP at a time. You can't do it because it doesn't > exist. Several Debian developers have debian.net subdomains which do not > reverse because they have no control over their DNS even though their IP > addresses are static. My static IP address with @home (yes, I did > convince them to give me one) is cc659474-a.indnpls1.in.home.com as far as > they are concerned. I have no desire to use that hostname on my email, so > I have this: > > tank.debian.net A 24.22.127.210
There is no problem with that.. Every mail that leaves my system comes from 207.99.50.34 and I host over 50 domains here. > This is perfectly legal practice according to every RFC I have ever read. > It is also quite legitimate for my system to declare that it is > tank.debian.net which does indeed resolve to a valid IP address. The fact > people such as yourself would add the additional requirement that > 24.22.127.210 resolve back to tank.debian.net has nothing to do with what > the RFC's state is correct. > > If I file a bug against a package and my report is bounced as probably > spam, I will NMU the package immediately without discussion or further > attempts at a warning. As a Debian developer, you have an obligation to > maintain your packages. If you wish to act stupid regarding your mail > policies that's fine - until it interferes with maintaining packages. At > that point, it affects all of us. 24.22/16 is not listed on the DUL anwyay. Whoever is bouncing your mail must have manually added you to their spam filters, or possibly all of 24/8. --Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]