Re: SPAM on the List

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Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I use it too. Reverse-DNS check is best SPAM repellent there is. Only 
> mail from properly set mail servers is accepted.

That's fine if your check is that a reverse DNS entry exists,
or that the HELO/ELHO exists in forward DNS or, if your MTA is
smart enough, it does a reverse-forward* check, but if
you only check that the HELO/ELHO matches the reverse entry
then you're blocking a bunch of valid mailers because there is
no specification requirement that those two match (and they don't
in the general case).

(*) reverse-forward here means do a reverse lookup on the connecting
IP, then doing a forward lookup on the result, and then ensure that
original IP is one of the 'A' records resolved from the forward 
lookup.

Devin
-- 
	I don't suffer from insanity.  I enjoy every minute of it. 

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