Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:18:15 -0500 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Luciano Musacchio <l0kit0@exactas.org> Subject: Re: how to deal with spam for good? Message-ID: <20050310101815.GD30867@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIELBFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <7d17ba012b32a012d4f39ce07b70e028@mac.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIELBFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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--oJ71EGRlYNjSvfq7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005-03-10T01:49:20-0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: [snip caustic commentary] [snip real-life facts] > The only long term solution that is going to work is modding the > DNS records to designate an official SMTP server for each domain, such > a plan has been in the works for a while among the standard bodies > that know what they are doing. >=20 > Ted While not all-encompassing, I found the following site to be very useful, not just for finding problems with my own domains, but finding out why my draconian Postfix config would reject email from some friends (check the NANOG archives for Verizon's retarded SMTP tactics). http://www.dnsreport.com/ That site also turned me onto SPF[1] records in DNS, which I think is what Ted is talking about (or something similar). If not, I am sure that he will correct me. [1] http://spf.pobox.com/ --=20 Mike Oliver [see complete headers for contact information] --oJ71EGRlYNjSvfq7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCMB7nsWv7q8X6o8kRAuTUAKCvikS4OWXZiF99GWt9FRuHd0E3WQCeIZVA 0UrSPv35Vf9HlCQkIIEJjms= =K0La -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oJ71EGRlYNjSvfq7--
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