On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 02:09:31PM -0400, Roger Merchberger wrote:
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> My main concern is rejecting "real" email using RBL... I recall hearing
> folks having problems with that in the past. Has RBL improved on the false
> positives problem?
There is no such thing as an RBL false positive; any collateral damage
(rejecting real email) is fully intentional.
The RBL is a political tool, not a technical one. Rejecting email because of
an RBL listing tells the sender:
The owner of the host you sent this email through (which may be you)
has refused to adopt minimal standards for responsible email interaction
on the Internet. We do not accept mail fro such hosts.
Vince.
