Fwd: Re: Verisign and spam blocking
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Wed Sep 17 23:42:51 UTC 2003
>
> Paul Vixie <vixie at sa.vix.com> writes:
> > i think that if spam started to come from subdomains of .museum,
> > that folks would just configure their mta's to reject all mail
> > from subdomains of .museum. this option is unavailable for
> > subdomains of .com or .net, right?
>
> I guess that would be one way to play that game. The problem I'd
> worry about is what happens a few years down the road if museums
> decide they really do want to start sending mail from *.museum
> addresses. Chasing down all the SMTP-level blocks and having them
> removed is going to be one challenging job.
DNS checks should NEVER be the SOLE reason for blocking
a piece of mail.
This is the same as DUL should NEVER be the SOLE reason for
blocking a piece of mail.
They give a indication that a piece of mail MAY be spam.
Mark
> -wolfgang
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> Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/
>
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