Re: Reverse DNS at the Host Level?
            
            
            
                23 Aug
                
                    2004
                
            
            
                23 Aug
                
                '04
                
            
            
            
        
    
                2:25 p.m.
            
        "Stephane" == Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> writes:
>> For instance many mail servers won't accept SMTP sessions from >> hosts with no reverse DNS: it's usually a strong indication of >> a spam source. Stephane> Let me rewrite this properly: Stephane> For instance some mail servers won't accept SMTP Stephane> sessions from hosts with no reverse DNS (they often Stephane> believe it will limit the amount of spam received). Let me rewrite your rewrite properly: :-) For instance some mail servers won't accept SMTP sessions from hosts with no reverse DNS. This is a common anti-spam measure because a significant amount of spam is known to come from hosts that do not have reverse DNS entries.
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