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
> -- 
> Wolfgang S. Rupprecht 		     http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/
> 
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