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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 1998 16:40:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
To:        Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk>
Cc:        Jeff & Hillary Jones <kf7nn@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: domain resolve for email
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980417163932.9062A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418010223.1225A-100000@darla.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>

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> > 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.

How bout clueless ISP who either do not how, or won't, configure reverse
DNS? 






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