Re: Welcome to the new(ish) ASRG list

On 3/16/13 11:10 PM, Rob McEwen wrote:
> On 3/17/2013 1:50 AM, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
>> and/or the reverse not match the From: domain
> Then those systems are blocking massive amounts of legit mail because
> massive amounts of legit mail is sent from IPs that have a valid rDNS,
> yet where the domain in the rDNS doesn't match the "from" address. This
> is really silly... many "shared hosting" environments are set up where
> the sender (typically a small business hosting a web site there) is
> using their hoster's mail server for sending mail.
>
Yes, they do. I've actually in the business, and had a sysadmin tell me 
that he got so much flak for letting spam through that he has had to 
apply a zero-tolerance approach that causes a lot of legit email not to 
get through. Jeez.