John Conover writes:
 > As a matter of policy, is it reasonable to reject messages that fail a
 > reverse DNS lookup on HELO's FQDN/authentication?

No.

Neither is it reasonable to reject messages from a host whose reverse
DNS hostname lacks an MX record.

Neither is it reasonable to reject messages from a host which isn't
running an SMTP server.

Although I've been sorely tempted to implement both of these.

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