Re: e-postage stamps, was Welcome to the new(ish) ASRG list
Franck Martin <[email protected]>
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----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:46:30 PM > Subject: Re: e-postage stamps, was Welcome to the new(ish) ASRG list > > On 3/16/13 10:42 PM, Rob McEwen wrote: > > On 3/17/2013 1:09 AM, Franck Martin wrote: > >> I'm all for outright blocking on no rDNS but who are these large > >> ISPs? > > I don't have a list off the top of my head... but I did have a > > friend > > who is an IT guy at a company and where the made some changes to > > their > > firewall just two weeks ago... which mistakenly caused their > > exchange > > server's outbound IP to switch to an IP that didn't have rDNS. > > Immediately, there were massive numbers of outbound messages > > blocked > > across many recipients, including some large ISPs. I didn't make a > > list, > > but he said, "we're being blocked by this and that"... and I recall > > hearing some "household names". (Also, this wasn't totally > > scientific > > since you could argue that their IP being "new" might have factored > > into > > the mix... but they were NOT sending ANY spam at that time!) > > > > Also, I recall a person high up at Cox Communications saying that > > they > > block on "no rDNS", fwiw. > > > > Yahoo, AOL, Cox, and Comcast all block on the combination of any > significant volume and no rDNS. > From that list I know that Yahoo and AOL do not outright block if there is no rDNS and only Comcast does. I don't know about Cox. So once again who are these Many ISPs that outright block on no rDNS?