Reverse Dns Question...is it really necessary or not?

[Simon Hobson]

Chip Mefford wrote:

>They may indeed have address->name mappings, but very seldom does
>one have an MX record. Not MX record, then it is not a legitimate
>mail relay.

Can I clarify what you mean here ?

I read it as, if the mx record doesn't match the sending IP address, 
then the sending machine is not legitimate. That makes all our 
outgoing mail illegitimate then !

None of my MX records will give the IP address that outgoing mail 
goes from, and my incoming and outgoing mail is handled by different 
hosts.

So are you advocating that I must break or cludge a perfectly valid 
and working configuration for some sort of temporary appearance of 
helping fight spam ?

Simon

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