Well you are not taking into account systems like mine, which have a setup like HOP 0 HOPHIGH 4
Yes it adds CPU time, but any IP the message passes through gets tested on my system, And a PTR record does not take long to configure at all. > on the Webserver. If your Webserver is IIS, why not have it send the > mails through the Virtual SMTP server? What about when for XXX reason your Imail-SMTP server was unavailable when the <WEB/CGI> script was called? The message NEVER gets queued. I personally do install the MS-SMTP server on my web servers, but do not let it deliver directly to the internet either. I Set all CGI/ASP mail scripts to send mail to <127.0.01> or <WEB_IP> (but on the local machine), Thus the SMTP server is ALWAYS online when that same web server is online. Then under "Properties, Delivery, Advanced" Smart Host = [192.168.1.1] (brackets stop DNS lookups = save time) -Tom -----Original Message----- From: Hirthe, Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:40 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Junkmail - Spamheaders Hello John, > >And if I use another tool, the webserver itself has no reverse lookup > and no MX entry. It does not need this, because it will only send > mail. But why not eliminate one test failure and create a PTR record > for it? We are only "forwarding" the mail from the webserver to IMail, and IMail send's it out. So this PTR would only be for the communication on our internal network. But, hmm, ok, it would fix a part of this problem. And it does only cost me time. And I have the DNS here. I'll try it. ;-) > Unless some one else can come up with something different, in > this case it would help. Just whitelist the address that the mail is coming from > on the Webserver. If your Webserver is IIS, why not have it send the > mails through the Virtual SMTP server? First, I don't like Webservers sending direct mail to the world Second, I like virus-proof mails and attachements. (we had user's sending out word files with a macro virus in) Third, I personally don't like the IIS SMTP Server. And I like to have only one logfile to search for errors ;) Alex --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
