Please, talk me down.

[marka at isc.org (Mark Andrews)]

In message <83452cbbe5c3c5439212c8a56346b283 at mail.dessus.com>, "Keith Medcalf" 
writes:
> > As an aside, you may want to fix your DNS, as some mail receivers don't
> > like this:
>  
> > $ dig -x 72.249.91.101 +short
> > static.serversandhosting.com.
> > $ dig a static.serversandhosting.com +short
> > 72.249.3.27
> 
> What is really meant to be said is that MTA's which require RFC compliance =
> won't talk to you.  Running an MTA which requires minimal RFC compliance (p=
> articularly in respect of DNS configuration) eliminates 98% of spam.

Standards track RFC compliance REQUIRES that you ACCEPT email from that box.
There is no standards track RFC that requires that PTR records exist.
There is no standards track RFC that requires that PTR and address
records are consistent.  It is however good practice that these exist and
are consistent.

Mark
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