On 2013-05-07 14:19:40 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 07.05.2013 14:02, schrieb Vincent Lefevre:
> > depending on the recipient or other factors. And it seems that
> > some users forget to set up a PTR for all their IPv6 addresses.
> > This apparently includes Debian's mailing-list server.
> 
> that's their problem

Not just the sender's problem, but also the recipients'.

> > I agree, but I repeat that I cannot change the config of other
> > users. From what I can see in my mail archive, it is *not* safe
> > to blindly reject mail from IPs without a valid PTR. At least
> > currently
> 
> and because this attitude they are not enforced to fix their
> setups - if any MTA would reject the mails the problem would
> not exist since years because even the dumbest admin would
> realize it if any outgoing message fails

My server is just for me and partly for a few members of my family.
My attitude won't change anything in practice.

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