Phil (Medway Hosting) wrote: >> There are still a shed load of legitimate mail systems that don't have >> reverse DNS. Block them by all means, but don't be under the impression >> that you wont block any wanted mail by doing so. > > IIRC AOL now block all mail from servers with no rDNS. There are a few other > major players who have also done it recently (although I can't remember > which). I have been doing it for a few years now and no complaints (although > I only defer the message just in case of some sort of DNS failure - I > believe most people do it that way).
You've almost certainly blocked legitimate mail, but it just wasn't reported. A lot of people block on missing RDNS, and some major players do too, but the majority of mail systems out there probably don't even consider it. -- Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
