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Date:      Thu, 01 Jul 1999 15:37:52 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        jason.thomson@mintel.co.uk
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail 8.9.x check_mail anti-spam rule broken?
Message-ID:  <30282.930836272@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:41:44 %2B0100"
References:  <377B53F8.34DE5461@mintel.co.uk>

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> For example,   some.one@btinternet.com gets rejected.  But btinternet.com
> has perfectly valid MX records.  BT Internet is probably one of the UK's
> biggest ISPs.

They may be one of the UK's biggest ISPs. That doesn't mean they have
a clue:

- It appears that both of the btinternet.com name servers are on the
same LAN segment (certainly behind the same router):

btinternet.com.         NS  dns1.btinternet.com.
btinternet.com.         NS  dns2.btinternet.com.

dns1.btinternet.com.    A   194.73.73.95
dns2.btinternet.com.    A   194.73.73.94

and both behind a router at 194.74.74.71.

(For that matter, both of their MX hosts also sit behind this same router.)

- Neither of the btinternet.com name servers are authoritative for
btinternet.com.


This doesn't exactly give me great faith in BT Internet...

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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