The usefulness of reverse DNS in IPv6 is dubious.  Maybe the idea is to cause 
enough pain that eventually you fold and get them to host your email too.

-Laszlo


On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:57 PM, Brielle Bruns <br...@2mbit.com> wrote:

> On 3/25/14, 11:56 AM, John Levine wrote:
>> I think this would be a good time to fix your mail server setup.
>> You're never going to get much v6 mail delivered without rDNS, because
>> receivers won't even look at your mail to see if it's authenticated.
>> 
>> CenturyLink is reasonably technically clued so it shouldn't be
>> impossible to get them to fix it.
> 
> 
> Nothing wrong with my mail server setup, except the lack of RDNS. Lacking 
> reverse should be one of many things to consider with rejecting e-mails, but 
> should not be the only condition.
> 
> That would be like outright refusing mail unless it had both SPF and DKIM on 
> every single message.
> 
> Sure, great in theory, does not work in reality and will result in lost mail 
> from legit sources.
> 
> Already spoken to CenturyLink about RDNS for ipv6 - won't have rdns until 
> native IPv6.  Currently, IPv6 seems to be delivered for those who want it, 
> via 6rd.
> 
> And, frankly, I'm not going to get in a fight with CenturyLink over IPv6 
> RDNS, considering that I am thankful that they are even offering IPv6 when 
> other large providers aren't even trying to do so to their residential and 
> small business customers.
> 
> It is very easy for some to forget that not everyone has a gigabit fiber 
> connection to their homes with ARIN assigned IPv4/IPv6 blocks announced over 
> BGP.  Some of us actually have to make do with (sometimes very) limited 
> budgets and what the market is offering us and has made available.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Brielle Bruns
> The Summit Open Source Development Group
> http://www.sosdg.org    /     http://www.ahbl.org
> 


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