Actually, Verio has propagated a number of bone headed policies over the
years. For instance, they would only accept BGP announcements on
classful lines. We advertised /20 segmets of a /16 block we own, and
they filtered it out of their systems.

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Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: East, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:59 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: again and over again...
> 
> I don't think many in this assembled company will disagree 
> that this is
> kind of a boneheaded policy; it is getting more common rather 
> than less
> to have one host designated the MX and another used for 
> sending outgoing
> stuff. But then again, Verio has never been known for hiring rocket
> surgeons.
> 
> I've been reading about SPF (http://spf.pobox.com) and I'm considering
> implementing an SPF record for our domain, just in case it takes off.
> 
> -- 
> be - MOS
> 
> Look!  A ladder!  Maybe it leads to heaven, or a sandwich!
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:25 AM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: again and over again...
> > 
> > 
> > Actually, Verio has insituted a new practice of blocking mail 
> > from MTA's
> > that do not have a valid MX record.  In our case, we had 2 MX 
> > records that
> > both pointed to the same server (we changed Domain names) and 
> > they blocked
> > our inbound mail because of this *misconfiguration*.
> > 
> > Eric Fretz
> > 
> > L-3 Communications
> > ComCept Division
> > 2800 Discovery Blvd.
> > Rockwall, TX 75032
> > tel:   972.772.7501
> > fax:  972.772.7510
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:18 AM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: again and over again...
> > 
> > 
> > I claim bullshit there's nothing which requires a sending MTA 
> > to be listed
> > in DNS at all. I mean you might actually have to add a cname 
> > or A record for
> > that host to meet the arbitrary requirements of this 
> > receiving host, or you
> > could tell them to FOAD. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> > Behalf Of Paul
> > Hutchings Posted At: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:03 AM Posted To: swynk
> > Conversation: again and over again...
> > Subject: RE: again and over again...
> > 
> > Pretty much what it says is how i read it - you're helo is
> > "morpheus.intas.be" and it doesn't exist in DNS -
> > 
> > 
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=morpheus.intas.be&type=A
> > 
> > regards,
> > Paul
> > --
> > Paul Hutchings
> > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd.
> > Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kim Schotanus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: 08 June 2004 10:01
> > > To: Exchange Discussions
> > > Subject: again and over again...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Can anyone explain this one again? We are not blacklisted in
> > > any of the
> > > lists....
> > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' on 08-06-04 10:59
> > > There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email
> > > server. Please contact your system administrator.
> > > <morpheus.intas.be #5.5.0 smtp;550 <morpheus.intas.be>: 
> Helo command
> > > rejected: Host not found>
> > > Kim
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