Kinda OT: "valid mail server"?

[David A. Bandel]

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On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:43:43 -0400
begin  kwall at kurtwerks.com spewed forth:

> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:52:55PM -0500, Matt Nelson wrote:
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> Content-Description: Forwarded message - Totally OT: valid mail server
> > Date: 21 Oct 2002 18:21:05 -0500
> > From: Matt Nelson <n5tkn at zonekeeper.org>
> > Subject: Totally OT: valid mail server
> > To: isp-tech at isp-tech.com
> > X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) 
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me why Redhat's list server is rejecting my
> > subscription attempts, saying I must use a valid mail server?  I don't
> > have this problem with any other list I subscribe to.  I run my own
> > mail servers, but do not run my own reverse DNS.  Could this be the
> > problem?  Even so, why would Redhat be that paranoid?
> 
> Because spammers often use spoofed or camouflaged addresses to 
> do their nasty work, and not having reverse DNS is a good way to
> lie about who you are. Not having reverse DNS lookups configured
> is also poor net citizenship.

Or just a problematic/clueless ISP.  I have that problem.  I asked them to
let me reverse my 1/2 of a C block.  Hasn't happened.  OTOH, I had to
provide them help on a previous DNS problem where their origin server
wasn't.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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