>Anyone else seen such a significant drop in rejects?
wait, the only reject that should be immediately and clearly affected is reject_unkown_sender_domain which gives the maillog reject text of: Sender address rejected: Domain not found and that requires : 1. only bogus .com and .net domains 2. the domain must not be in *.gtld-servers.net eg: here's a domain the exists [EMAIL PROTECTED] lconrad]# dig smathersthompson.com any ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> smathersthompson.com any ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached [EMAIL PROTECTED] lconrad]# dig @a.gtld-servers.net smathersthompson.com any ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net smathersthompson.com any ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59263 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;smathersthompson.com. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: smathersthompson.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.namesdirect.com. smathersthompson.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.namesdirect.com. but whose DNS are down: # dig smathersthompson.com a ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> smathersthompson.com a ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached so the spammers have to start foreging bogus .com and .net domains as their sender and HELO hostnames for reject_unknown_sender_domain reject_unknown_hostname to be rendered useless. Len
