I'm replying here so as not to clutter the announcement thread. The rationale for not using 127.0.0.1 is that the DNSBL is reflexive, and 127.0.0.1 is conventionally resolved as "localhost" and querying for "localhost" in a DNSBL is wrong, wrong, wrong. Expanding on that, the 127.0.0/8 network for the results is used because it is non-routable. Also, the test point should exist (and it does!) dig @8.8.8.8 2.0.0.127.truncate.gbudb.net. Which provides a neat example of my first point. The test point couldn't be 127.0.0.1 because it would be wrong to query a DNSBL for your own localhost address. Andrew 8)
________________________________ From: supp...@declude.com [mailto:supp...@declude.com] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:48 AM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] We have opened up truncate.gbudb.net On 4/30/2010 1:17 PM, Andy Schmidt wrote: It is - and I agree with you! From: supp...@declude.com [mailto:supp...@declude.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 12:53 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] We have opened up truncate.gbudb.net Is the result code really 127.0.0.1? That is totally non-standard. It should be 127.0.0.2 or higher. Per RFC5782 I see: The A record contents conventionally have the value 127.0.0.2, but MAY have other values as described below in... So it is by convention that the result code would be 127.0.0.2 -- not a rule. I have no problem with this... I will make the change... better to do it now than later. Odd that nobody complained about it before. I will post another note when the change is made. _M --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to imail...@declude.com, and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to imail...@declude.com, and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
