Thank you, Scott. I'll let 'em know.
Dave
"R. Scott Perry" wrote:
> >I'm receiving false positives from some legitimate lists I belong to.
> >For example, the Macromedia "Partners Only" newsletter fails the
> >HELOBOGUS and REVDNS tests. Should I bother to alert them or are these
> >failures typical of bulk mailing apps that will likely not be corrected?
>
> The REVDNS test is a networking issue, rather than a software issue, so it
> is something they can fix regardless of what bulk mailing software they use.
>
> The HELOBOGUS test is almost certainly a setup issue -- whoever installed
> the bulk mailing software probably did something foolish, such as entering
> in what they thought the server should be named ("Um, it sends bulk mail,
> so I'll just enter 'bulkmail.example.com' here"). It's very difficult for
> a bulk mailer to make sure that the name of the server is valid. If it
> isn't a setup issue, and hard-coded by the bulk mailer -- the company paid
> for a non-RFC-compliant piece of software, and should replace it. :)
> -Scott
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