Re: Reverse DNS using Microsoft DNS

David Payer ( (no email) )
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:49:21 -0600

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Beverly, I'd strongly recommend that you have reverse lookup =
entries. Many mail servers now verify that the email comes from where it =
says it does by using a reverse lookup. If yours doesn't work, you run =
the risk of your email being rejected.
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-Regards, Lloyd
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Amen to that!
We began to use the reverse lookup feature on Seattle Labs mail =
program and the amount of spam dropped precipitously. Spammers tend to =
not name the offending machine. I think that anyone doing legitimate =
business on the net ought to identify who they are so we can hold them =
accountable for what comes from them.
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David Payer
OMNI Internet
www.ia-omni.com

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-Regards, Lloyd
 Amen to that!We began to use the reverse lookup feature =on Seattle=20 Labs mail program and the amount of spam dropped precipitously. =Spammers=20 tend to not name the offending machine. I think that anyone doing =legitimate=20 business on the net ought to identify who they are so we can hold =them=20 accountable for what comes from them. David PayerOMNI Internetwww.ia-omni.com------=_NextPart_000_002D_01BD524A.BEB914E0--