Re: Welcome to the new(ish) ASRG list

On 17/03/13 08:18, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> 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.
That's incredibly shortsighted of the mentioned sysadmin or his boss. 
The only thing worse than getting spam is not getting legit mail. :-/

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