[afnog] reverse dns implications

Phil Regnauld regnauld at x0.dk
Fri Apr 11 11:03:03 UTC 2008


Maina M Noah (ncmaina2001) writes:
> Customer Mail servers would require the reverse DNS in case the ISP allocates the customer a public IP address for their local mail server.This not only helps combat spam but also makes it easier for the Mail host to be found by other domains, other wise mails would be rejected by those other domains the mail server sends email to.

	That is, assuming that:

	a) there's enough customers
	b) sufficienly many of them know about reverse DNS
	c) there is enough of a competitive market for the ISP to *care*

> That is how we do it as an ISP and our clients
> are very much happy.

	Good to hear :)




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