Re: [Asrg] whitelisting server and not users

[Steven F Siirila <sfs@tc.umn.edu>]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 03:48:04PM -0500, Kee Hinckley wrote:
> At 1:25 PM -0600 4/2/03, Steven F Siirila wrote:
> >Personally, I'd go a step further.  Associate an MTA connection with a
> >domain name.  In other words, require rDNS and use the host name returned
> >to look up a TXT record.  Using your above example, you'd have this:
> 
> Yes.  But that particular step breaks 30% of the email out there (at 
> least that's the number I've seen for email senders without proper 
> reverse DNS).  It may be high--but certainly no major ISP that has 
> attempted to block on rDNS has kept the block--and they weren't even 
> authenticating--just seeing if it was there.

It "breaks" it no more than adding just the TXT record itself in that both must
be configured by the DNS administrator in order to pass the "good MTA" test.

> -- 
> Kee Hinckley
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> 
> I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
> responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
> everyone else's.

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