Could Be OT: How many people only accept reverse DNS lookup mail?

[Jeff A. Earickson]

Hi,

I have tried this with sendmail using the require_rdns.m4 hack from Neil
Rickert a couple of times in the past, for brief periods (less than one
day).  The damage was too great IMHO.  I tried it once a couple of
years ago, and then again a few months ago shortly after AOL announced that
they would enforce this in their email policies.

After a few months of AOL beating the world into shape, maybe it is
time to revisit this issue again...

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:

> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:11:51 -0400
> From: Billy A. Pumphrey <bpumphrey at WoodMacLaw.com>
> Reply-To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> Subject: Could Be OT: How many people only accept reverse DNS lookup mail?
> 
> Does anyone only accept email that will do a reverse lookup?  Does
> anyone recommend it?
>
> Thank you
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