>Could you explain HELOBOGUS?
It is a new test to verify that the hostname supplied in the HELO/EHLO SMTP
command is not bogus. From what we have heard recently, a bogus hostname
in the HELO command indicates spam about 99% of the time. The HELO
hostname must either have a DNS MX record or A record associated with it.
>I see the following entries in my log file -
>
>Msg failed HELOBOGUS (Domain engrmail1.engr.psu.edu has no MX/A records.).
>Msg failed HELOBOGUS (Domain bur05.standardsteel.com has no MX/A records.).
>Msg failed HELOBOGUS (Domain mail12.w-advertising.com has no MX/A records.).
>Msg failed HELOBOGUS (Domain smithers.ltdcommodities.com has no MX/A
>records.).
>Msg failed HELOBOGUS (Domain bmailrly01.starwave.com has no MX/A records.).
>
>I believe all the domains (psu.edu, standardsteel.com, etc) have MX/A
>records so I'm not sure what the test is doing.
This is exactly why the test is so useful. psu.edu, for example, is a
perfectly valid domain, and it has an MX record.
However, the mail server that connected to you said that it was from
"engrmail1.engr.psu.edu" -- and engrmail1.engr.psu.edu has no MX or A
records. So the server that connected to you is claiming to be a host that
doesn't actually exist.
-Scott
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