Kevin Waterson was once rumoured to have said:
> This one time, at band camp,
> Crossfire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > This is not always a good idea - not every legimate mail server has a
> > valid reverse lookup address.  (Certainly, the ones in evilhouse
> > don't).
> 
> I know the down side, but the amount of spam from non reversed addresses
> is greater than the amount of legitimate traffic.

Quality, not quantity.

I consider the chance of losing legimate mail to be far worse than
failing to stop spam.

Spamassassin is quite useful in this role - and I'm sure you can write
it a rule to perform this test.

C.
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