>I had accidentally removed the sort(ip) line... Its back. sort by ascending IP address, octet by octet.
>Just added Net::DNS support to find bad ptr's, I wanted to see. >Same url. If you don't have net::dns or think its slow you can turn it >off with config option at the top > > >Ex output.. The "bad ptr's" start with ! >They show up as "unknown" in your maillogs They are also logged as warnings for "unverified" PTR > Anvil Reject UknUsr Recvd IP Address Hostname > > 3 3 3 15 64.40.98.27 !mta3a.dm-4.com > > 106 249 249 296 69.59.140.113 ipma.cadeei.com > > 155 104 104 462 69.59.140.120 ipma.daeefi.com > > 3 0 55 69.59.146.111 !m4.poidy.com the A-less PTRs is useful negative info counting against the IP. thanks "having a PTR hostname" MUST have a matching A record. Why? because anybody could forge mx.aol.com as their PTR hostname and get through whitelists. Not having a matching A record is as bad as having no PTR at all. that's why postfix lists lumps them as "unknown" along with IPs that have no PTR. Len