I have been told many times that MPower will create an RDNS entry, but only the using the standard format for all MPower RDNS entries (which is obviously inaccurate).
I would love to have it changed to reflect our company name. Can you forward the name of your contact or have them contact me? Thanks, Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com 702.319.4349 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff (Lists) > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Does anyone not have Reverse DNS? > > Todd, by understanding at Mpower is they will not delegate, but will make > an > entry for you for what you need. If they are not allowing an entry for > you, > contact me off list as I have a contact at Mpower that may be able to look > into it. > > John Tolmachoff > Engineer/Consultant/Owner > eServices For You > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Holt > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:33 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Does anyone not have Reverse DNS? > > > > Jason, > > Many ISPs refuse (for one reason or another) to delegate RDNS. > > > > For example, we have a T-1 from MPower in Las Vegas. It is business > > class. It has is a static block of 8 IPs. Normally considered by most > > as acceptable to host a mail server. But Mpower refuses to delegate > > RDNS. > > > > And a few times people on this list have set forth criteria that would > > classify us as unacceptable. Bundling us into the dynamic IP bunch > > because of our RNDS from MPower: > > las-DSL224-cust089.mpowercom.net > > > > The most common reason for this reasoning is that most admins consider > > "DSL" to be equal to "consumer". But there is such a thing as SDSL > > (symmetric DSL) at speeds > 2Mbit! A better hosting environment than my > > T-1. > > > > In conclusion, I see two distinct problems here: > > 1. ISPs are not accurately, clearly and fairly specifying RDNS entries. > > They need to do a better job of this, but have little motivation to do > > this. > > > > 2. Mail admins need to do a better job of creating criteria for mail > > classification. Don't lump all DSL into spam source. Don't put a lot > > of stock into what an RDNS says, just that it exists. I really > > appreciate Pete McNeil's unique approach in building a tool that looks > > for the same things that I would look for by hand, in the content, not > > the context. I think we need more out of the box thinking like this. > > > > Todd Holt > > Xidix Technologies, Inc > > Las Vegas, NV USA > > www.xidix.com > > 702.319.4349 > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:52 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Does anyone not have Reverse DNS? > > > > > > I wanted to throw this question to the list: > > > > > > 1) Who does *NOT* have Reverse DNS (PTR) entries for their > > mailservers? > > > > > > 2) If so, why not? > > > > > > Personally I think reverse DNS entries adds an ounce of ownership to > > who > > > actually uses an IP address. For instance, I have several IPs given to > > me > > > by my colo provider. I have reverse DNS on all of them, even the IPs I > > > haven't used yet. If anyone looks my IPs up they will see something > > like: > > > Number.freedom2be.net as reverse DNS. This is basically telling them > > that > > > "freedom2be.net" is the operator of the IP address. > > > > > > 3) Shouldn't all mail servers on the internet have a reverse DNS entry > > > with some valid "administrative" domain name? We use "freedom2be.net" > > > exclusively for our reverse DNS entries. As our mail server is > > multi-homed > > > with many different domains. If someone needs to contact the > > appropriate > > > owner of the IP, say our mail server was doing something "bad" (which > > it > > > never has) they would know that "freedom2be.net" is the domain to > > email. > > > (such as [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Isn't this a good idea? > > > > > > --Jason > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > [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". 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