Magne Mæhre wrote:
> Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
>> I've been receiving some emails which claim to come from my ISP saying
>> my messages to timenuts have been blocked due to spam.
>>
>> A typical subject line is "[time-nuts] ***Your message was blocked***"
>> But I've not sent a message!
>
> The problem is not with you. All subscribers to the list received this.
> What causes the email is that conwin.ie use a lookup service to discard
> unwanted email (spam, scams, etc.). This lookup service seems to check
> with rfc-ignorant.com that has a listing over domains that are not
> compliant with the mail and dns related RFC's. Unfortunately
> febo.com is listed here.
>
> It seems febo.com (John's domain, and the host of the time-nuts
> mailing lists) was listed at rfc-ignorant.org 2 1/2 years ago due
> to a problem with the DNS record for meow.febo.com.
>
>
> | Current Results for febo.com lookup
> | blacklist_zone domain status Submitted Added Rejected
> | Removed
> | bogusmx febo.com Listed Nov 11, 2005 22:35 EST Nov 11, | 2005
> 22:35 EST Never Never
>
> ..and details:
>
> | Return Code: 5
> | Description: ns1.febo.com reports that febo.com has an MX
> | (meow.febo.com) which ns1.febo.com says is a CNAME (to febo.com)
>
>
> The issue they're complaining about is that febo.com has an MX record
> that points to meow.febo.com. A host that is pointed to by an MX record
> must have an A record, and is not allowed to be a CNAME. It turns out
> that meow.febo.com is a CNAME for febo.com, and thus in violation with
> the RFC.
>
>
> --Magne
What you say is true, but it is interesting to note that
David Kirkby's ISP (OneTel.net) is also blacklisted on rfc-ignorant.com
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