Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 01:03:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Jeff & Hillary Jones <kf7nn@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: domain resolve for email Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418010223.1225A-100000@darla.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> In-Reply-To: <19980414164844.I1870@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tue, 14 April 1998 at 1:38:07 -0500, Jeff & Hillary Jones wrote: > > another newbie question... > > > > I would like to know how to make it so my email accounts > > do not get mail from unresolveable hosts just like > > this list. > > > > I'm no longer sure that this is a good idea. Over the last couple of > days I have set up a mailing list, and I find that a large number of > legitimate users have transient problems in their reverse lookup (not > their fault, nor of anybody in their domain). The result is that mail > to or from them bounces. I've taken mine out as a result. > Well, don't bounce the mail with a 500-code, use a 400-code making the sender retry later. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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