Thanks everyone. This has both clarified the question and answered it
(them).

Mike: Yes, 'host' is the term I should have used.

Denny: That very well might be what the mailer was referring to. I'll read
up on it before answering them

John




On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 8:46 AM Denny Watson via mailop <mailop@mailop.org>
wrote:

> On 6/16/2023, John Possidente via mailop wrote:
> > A sender of legally mandated bulk mail who are very conscious of making
> > sure they're dotting every i and crossing every t (because they're
> > required to) asked me today whether port 25 pingback is still necessary.
> > I immediately thought, "Of course not," but on second thought (before
> > speaking, yay) realized that maybe I'm wrong.
> >
> > Does anyplace still reject mail from sources that don't answer on port
> 25?
>
> Do you mean this?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callback_verification
> .. or something else?
>
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