1. They won't delegate rDNS to us. 2. Relaying outbound through the provider just adds another link in the chain, potentially adding delivery delays, debugging problems, etc. I don't know many admins that would choose this method.
Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: AOL's got nerve [This email took a suspicious route to arrive here; Suspected SPAM (4)] >I would like to add that many T-1 lines have rDNS entries "lumped" >together with DSL. Our ISP (which is not exactly a "small" ISP) returns >a standard rDNS response for every IP they own (and give to their >customers). They all contain the three letters "DSL". So we are >getting caught up in this storm and are on a T-1. collateral damage is never the objective, but if you have a T-1 at, eg, $800 MRC, why don't you have your own DNS and reverse delegation? Alternatively, relay your outbound through your ISP. Len _____________________________________________________________________ http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: New York; Seattle; Chicago IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
