RBL cache {Scanned by HJMS}

[Antony Stone]

On Saturday 13 September 2003 4:03 pm, Ugo Bellavance wrote:

> Thanks, what's the
>
> s/mail/DNS for?

s = substitute.

You wrote "mail server" when you meant to say "DNS server".

Antony.

> On Saturday 13 September 2003 3:46 pm, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> > >My point is that RBL queries *are* DNS queries.
> >
> > I'm terribly sorry.  I effectively didn't realise that.  I looked at the
> > link you gave, and please tell me if I'm wrong.  To do a RBL query, we
> > simply do a reverse-lookup on the IP address, using a RBL server as DNS
> > server, instead of a conventionnal mail server, and if the result is part
>
> s/mail/DNS/   :)
>
> > of a particular zone, the server is identified as a spam source?
>
> Correct :)

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