RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-31 Thread Wil Hatfield - HVHM Customer Care
y, March 29, 2003 7:13 PM > To: Wil Hatfield - HVHM Customer Care > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! > > > See the brand new FAQ entry. :) > > http://matt.simerson.net/computing/mail/toaster/faq.shtml > > M

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-28 Thread Matt Simerson
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 06:28 PM, Raboo wrote: lol ya all :-) btw matt simerson, if you code hacks to make your smtpd do more loging like you said before that you have made it do logging of what kinds of blocks it does, please feel free to publish them if you like, if not allready, The

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-28 Thread Justin Heesemann
On Saturday 29 March 2003 14:25, dWi saSonO b wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:53:47 +0100 > > Lucas Valdeón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Talking about reverse dns I have a little problem. > > In the same machine there are several ips. In the first ip .71 there is > > no service. > >

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-28 Thread dWi saSonO b
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:53:47 +0100 Lucas Valdeón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Talking about reverse dns I have a little problem. > In the same machine there are several ips. In the first ip .71 there is no > service. > In the second one .72 mail is running ( pop3, smtp ). > .71 has r

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-28 Thread Tom Collins
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 01:53 AM, Lucas Valdeón wrote: Is correct to send mail from a reverse dns in the same domain, but different hostname that MX entry ? Yes, that would be fine. Mail doesn't have to come from servers that accept messages. -- Tom Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-28 Thread Lucas Valdeón
Hi, Talking about reverse dns I have a little problem. In the same machine there are several ips. In the first ip .71 there is no service. In the second one .72 mail is running ( pop3, smtp ). .71 has reverse dns ( ssh.x.com ) .72 has reverse dns ( mail.x.com ) Qmail send mail from default rout

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Raboo
lol ya all :-) btw matt simerson, if you code hacks to make your smtpd do more loging like you said before that you have made it do logging of what kinds of blocks it does, please feel free to publish them if you like, if not allready, Greetings /Raboo P.S. this is probibly one of the top ten bi

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Nick Harring
Title: RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! As the only other person on this apparently doing this, I thought I'd just weigh in briefly (again) with regards to why we do it. For those folks who're worried about the sanctity of my users email, don't be.

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> others think about blocking based on DNS. I haven't done it in quite a > few years. Haven't done what, started a flamewar? :-) (honestly, that is meant to be funny, not an attack) Regards, Andrew

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> those are all true. the term in contention is "broken". obviously, if a > mailserver is refusing messages from sites with "even IP addresses" > (whatever those are, how is an IP address even or odd?) *and the reason for > that refusal is not known*, then it's broken. If it's been purposely > con

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Matt Simerson
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 01:35 PM, Tom Collins wrote: On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 10:22 AM, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote: rather than trumping up your argument with etiquette fascism, how about pointing out a relevant RFC that backs up your [baseless] opinion that a mailserver must acc

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> Would 208.32.76.233 pass the test? > It has a revers ptr, but some mail servers block it claiming it does not > have one. I dunno, I don't block mail from servers with no reverse DNS, or whose reverse DNS does not map to the same name as its forward DNS. :-) Regards, Andrew

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 10:04 AM 03-27-2003, you wrote: > diversion. in short: the original claim was baseless. No mailserver is > broken for refusing messages from sites that have no in-addr.arpa in place. Please. "No mailserver is broken for refusing messages from sites run by [ethnic group]." "No mailserver is brok

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Matt Simerson
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 01:18 PM, Rick Updegrove wrote: - Original Message - From: "Matt Simerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:21 AM Subject: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! I started blocking connections to my

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread JB
Question... Would 208.32.76.233 pass the test? It has a revers ptr, but some mail servers block it claiming it does not have one. ~jb

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Tom Collins
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 10:22 AM, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote: rather than trumping up your argument with etiquette fascism, how about pointing out a relevant RFC that backs up your [baseless] opinion that a mailserver must accept messages from a site without reverse DNS? ever heard of R

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Charles Sprickman
Administrator > Webley Systems, Inc > 877-609-4795 > > > -Original Message- > From: Ron Guerin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:02 AM > To: vpopmail > Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! > > > On

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Rick Macdougall
--- From: "Rick Updegrove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matt Simerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! - Original Message - From: "

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Rick Updegrove
- Original Message - From: "Matt Simerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:21 AM Subject: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! > I started blocking connections to my mail server from servers who don't > have DNS and my vpopmail

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Wil Hatfield - HVHM Customer Care
OH GOODNESS! My votes... top post etiquette ridiculous, reverse name lookup dangerous (but I like it). My first impression is that you all meant that the @domain.com has to have a reverse lookup, which I hope everyone knows would be catistrophic since only the machines themselves will typically ha

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> diversion. in short: the original claim was baseless. No mailserver is > broken for refusing messages from sites that have no in-addr.arpa in place. Please. "No mailserver is broken for refusing messages from sites run by [ethnic group]." "No mailserver is broken for refusing messages from sit

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 09:43 AM 03-27-2003, Ron Guerin wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 12:40, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote: > translation: "i don't know the RFC's, I have no basis for claiming that > other's mailserver are broken, and I'll continue to evade directly > confronting my error and apologizing for my mistaken cl

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Ron Guerin
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 12:40, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote: > translation: "i don't know the RFC's, I have no basis for claiming that > other's mailserver are broken, and I'll continue to evade directly > confronting my error and apologizing for my mistaken claim by pretending to > take 'the high r

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 09:32 AM 03-27-2003, Ron Guerin wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 12:22, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote: > rather than trumping up your argument with etiquette fascism, how about > pointing out a relevant RFC that backs up your [baseless] opinion that a > mailserver must accept messages from a site witho

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Ron Guerin
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 12:22, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote: > rather than trumping up your argument with etiquette fascism, how about > pointing out a relevant RFC that backs up your [baseless] opinion that a > mailserver must accept messages from a site without reverse DNS? Please, spare me your r

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 08:12 AM 03-27-2003, Ron Guerin wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 11:05, Nick Harring wrote: > Rather than questioning why we would refuse to accept from > non-reversible hosts, why don't we ask why anyone would set a host up > without reverse DNS? Rather than question why you've deliberately broken

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Rick Root
I don't want to be rude or anything... but what does this thread have to do with vpopmail? Please take your holy wars elsewhere. The original poster should've emailed the people at Inter7 rather than this list. Rick

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 08:01 AM 03-27-2003, Ron Guerin wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:55, Nick Harring wrote: > We currently run our hosted systems requiring reverse DNS and haven't > really had any complaints about mail not being received. While there's > no rule requiring reverse DNS, systems without it are much mo

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Matt Simerson
Oh my, Nick top-posted. Quickly, someone call out the firing squad. Where you choose to reply to in a message body is a matter of personal preference. It is NOT a breach of email etiquette to prefer a way other than your personal preference. In a list thread, many tend to prefer a top-post a

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Rick Romero
Just because I feel like a smart-ass today.. I suppose the rule about top posting is 'posted' right next to the reverse DNS one? Look at that.. now it's all out of order.. :P On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:12, Ron Guerin wrote: > On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 11:05, Nick Harring wrote: > > > Rather than qu

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Ron Guerin
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 11:05, Nick Harring wrote: > Rather than questioning why we would refuse to accept from > non-reversible hosts, why don't we ask why anyone would set a host up > without reverse DNS? Rather than question why you've deliberately broken your mail server, I should explain to yo

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Nick Harring
Title: RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! As I said, we've yet to receive more than a handful of complaints, and all of those have been from remote mail admins who've noticed bounces and conscientiously investigated them. When I explained to each what

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Ron Guerin
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:55, Nick Harring wrote: > We currently run our hosted systems requiring reverse DNS and haven't > really had any complaints about mail not being received. While there's > no rule requiring reverse DNS, systems without it are much more likely > to be spam originators in my e

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Matt Simerson
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 10:35 AM, Ron Guerin wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:21, Matt Simerson wrote: Apparently a server named "ns1.inter7.com" is doing the delivery for the vchkpw mailing list. This wouldn't be a problem except that it doesn't have reverse DNS. I started blocking connec

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Frank Tanner III
t; 877-609-4795 > > > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Kohlsmith > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't > have reverse DNS! > > > > You&#

RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Nick Harring
Title: RE: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS! We currently run our hosted systems requiring reverse DNS and haven't really had any complaints about mail not being received. While there's no rule requiring reverse DNS, systems without it are much more li

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> You'll be losing a lot more legit mail than just this list if you do > that. Agreed. There is no rule that demands reverse DNS. It's a nicety and that's it. Regards, Andrew

Re: [vchkpw] Inter7 mail server doesn't have reverse DNS!

2003-03-27 Thread Ron Guerin
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 10:21, Matt Simerson wrote: > Apparently a server named "ns1.inter7.com" is doing the delivery for > the vchkpw mailing list. This wouldn't be a problem except that it > doesn't have reverse DNS. > > I started blocking connections to my mail server from servers who don't >