Reverse Dns Question...is it really necessary or not?

[brad at shub-internet.org]

Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:

> It's not at all unreasonable for any service -- www, ftp. smtp, ssh,
> etc -- to refuse to talk to clients that don't have their reverse DNS
> in order.

Hell, ftp.uu.net was really the pioneer in this field, and they did so for
good reason.  IMO, it's long since past time that we should do the same for
mail.

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