RE: Reverse DNS Lookup

  • From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:38:51 -0800

While it would be great if everyone had a PTR record, and the RFCs require
all mail servers to have one, in reality, many do not.

Unless you act like God like AOL does, you are better off to leave that
disabled.

John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abdul Basit [mailto:binfo@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:47 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] Reverse DNS Lookup
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I want to ask you people speciall Mark Fugatt that what do you have
> opinion about Reverse DNS lookup option in exchange 2000. As i have
> enabled this option last week to check the ratio of spams.
> 
> I found good results but recieved calls from diffrent companies that they
> can't send us emails and their revers dns lookup entry is not yet setup
> with their ISP.
> 
> So, I have to disabled it again.
> 
> What you people have advice for it.
> 
> Any help will be appreciateable.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Basit
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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