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From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
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On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
> > 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? 

If their users can't send mail to a big chunk of the net they will
a) fix their DNS
b) lose most of the customers

Either one is OK with me.

Dan
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