On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Nick Harring wrote: > Rather than questioning why we would refuse to accept from non-reversible > hosts, why don't we ask why anyone would set a host up without reverse DNS?
Because they're not running DJBDNS. :) <ducks> C > Nicholas Harring > System Administrator > Webley Systems, Inc > 877-609-4795 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Guerin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:02 AM > To: vpopmail > Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! > > > On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:55, Nick Harring wrote: > > We currently run our hosted systems requiring reverse DNS and haven't > > really had any complaints about mail not being received. While there's > > no rule requiring reverse DNS, systems without it are much more likely > > to be spam originators in my experience with our system. The few > > systems I've come across that legitimately send mail but had broken > > reverse DNS were more than happy, and able, to fix it quickly and > > understood immediately the point of rejecting connections on such a > > condition. > > If you've chosen to deliberately break your mail server like this, that > is of course your choice to make. I just hope you've informed your > customers. > > - Ron > > >
