[nycwireless] OpenDNS does not resolve fake MX...

2006-11-08 Thread Ben N. Serebin
Hello All, I ran a few DNS tests against OpenDNS and I won't say it works "splendidly" as they describe it. In summary, don't use OpenDNS on your mail server. - does NOT resolve fake MX records - does resolve A records for fake records So, if you run a mail server with anti-spam checks

RE: Re: [nycwireless] OpenDNS?

2006-11-08 Thread Ben N. Serebin
Hello Robin, You raise a very important question. How does OpenDNS handle for us mail server folks the antispam (RBL, SURBL, MX) lookups for non-existant domains? Funny thing, is they have "suggest" mailservers use them for DNS queries. -Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [nycwireless] OpenDNS?

2006-11-08 Thread Robin-David Hammond%KB3IEN
I do not use this service as its claim to 'correct spelling mistakes' must inherently chose one 'mistake' over another, sucks to be the guy whose site isn't chosen. Additionally resolving false or mistyped domains stands to break much spam filtering. If you want reliable DNS root servers loo