RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Blocking on no REV DNS?

2011-02-14 Thread Andy Schmidt
com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Blocking on no REV DNS? Headers from a typical email with missing reverse DNS: Received: from UnknownHost [208.94.247.117] by xx X-RBL-Warning: REVDNS: This E-mail was sent from a MUA/MTA 208.94.247.117 with no reverse DNS entry. W

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Blocking on no REV DNS?

2011-02-14 Thread Dave Beckstrom
: supp...@declude.com [mailto:supp...@declude.com] On Behalf Of Andy Schmidt Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:49 AM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Blocking on no REV DNS? I suppose it depends on your clients. I host mostly small to medium business sites, bounce on

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Blocking on no REV DNS?

2011-02-14 Thread Andy Schmidt
I suppose it depends on your clients. I host mostly small to medium business sites, bounce on reverse DNS at my gateway and only get a question once or twice a year, where I assist some clueless Email Admin about contacting his ISP to set up the proper reverse DNS. I explain to them that we are

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Blocking on no REV DNS?

2011-02-14 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
For what it's worth, I still test against REVDNS and it's never been worth a HOLD action all by itself. I score it at 25% of my HOLD weight threshold. Reverse DNS lookups can go through a lot of lookups; if their DNS is too slow and doesn't respond, you will inadvertently score against them unf