The problem isn't with being listed in rfc-ignorant.org but delivery being rejected because it failed a single test. A weighted system would have allowed the email through but marked it as failing this particular test.
Please note this has been discussed at great length recently on this list - the merits of single point failures and weighted test filtering. David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Remo Pistor Sent: 26 September 2003 16:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] A little OT: dsn.rfc-ignorant.org This is more of a rant than a problem but has anyone heard of rfc-ignorant.org? I had a user call me the other day saying they had received some type of error email message when trying to send to a specific address: "We had an end user here at Gibson who was expecting an email from this address (<user>@pacificgroup.net). Our mail server rejected the email because the sending mail server is listed in dsn.rfc-ignorant.org as not being compliant with RFC's. Thus, our spam filter prevents the message from being delivered to the intended recipients at Canwest Propane and Gibson Energy." So I checked the website for rfc-ignorant.org and some guy had us listed because we refuse NULL <> senders. It says right in the IMail help that allowing no address in the MAIL FROM line makes it easier for spam mailers to send bulk mail to your users. I know that the RFC rules say that you are supposed to accept mail with a blank from address but since the advent of spam are there really any rules left? Isn't it pretty much gorilla warfare? I know this doesn't stop spam but it helps to stop it. Anyway, does anyone actually use this list and why? I think this list is a joke. Any thoughts? --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] 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/ 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/
