Scott,
If a sending mail server has an A record but it does not have an MX then
it would not fail the HELOBOGUS check?
Goran Jovanovic
The LAN Shoppe
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> Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Why Was This E-Mail Marked As
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> >Is the existence of an A record or MX record the only thing that the
> >"helovalid" test type checks for?
>
> Correct -- because those are the only two correct ways to do it. It
> *should* have an A record; if not, though, most people consider an MX
> record to be acceptable.
>
> >I, perhaps wrongly, assumed that it checked the format of the HELO
string
> >looking for a Fully-Qualified Domain Name. For example,
"OEMCOMPUTER"
> would
> >fail the test because it didn't have a TLD. But perhaps all along
the
> test
> >has just been looking for the existence of an MX or A record and if
it
> >doesn't find it then it tests fails. If an MX or A record does exist
are
> >there any other things the "helovalid" test type looks for?
>
> It just looks for the MX/A records.
>
> -Scott
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