Sorry Scott, mis-read the question. Travis
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 9:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] SMTP_DELIV_FAILED w/ aol.com. problem.. > > > > Then it does reverse and sees mail.colony1.net. And mail1.colony1.net > doesn't equal mail.colony1.net... Could that cause an issue? > > >Absolutely! > > Actually, "Absolutely not" is the correct answer here. :) > > Some anti-spam programs check for the lack of a reverse DNS entry, others > will also verify that the hostname in the reverse DNS entry has > an A record > pointing back to the same IP. But, extremely few (1 in 10,000 > mailservers > perhaps) will do anything beyond that, because it just isn't effective. > > AOL will definitely care if you don't have a reverse DNS entry, probably > care if you have a reverse DNS entry that doesn't point back to your > mailserver, but it won't care at all if your HELO/EHLO doesn't match the > reverse DNS entry. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you have been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
