outbound.protection.outlook.com, __RDNS_NONE and IPv6 ?
Andrew C Aitchison <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:00:51 +0100 (BST)
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general |
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I've noticed that many of the false-positives I receive have hit __RDNS_NONE after being relayed through outbound.protection.outlook.com eg spamassassin -D Apr 3 17:20:42.063 [523179] dbg: rules: ran header rule __RDNS_NONE ======> got hit: "[ ip=2a01:111:f403:c205::5 rdns= " Apr 3 17:20:42.063 [523179] dbg: rules: ran header rule __LAST_EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_AUTH ======> got hit: "[ ip=2a01:111:f403:c205::5 rdns= helo=LO0P265CU003.outbound.protection.outlook.com by=mailhub-hex-d.mythic-beasts.com ident= [email protected] intl=0 id=1w7pf0-00A15k-1o auth= " Is it reasonable to expect that IPv6 outbound servers have rDNS (given that IPv6 space is so much bigger than IPv4) ? Actually this one does appear to have rDNS: # host 2a01:111:f403:c205::5 5.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.5.0.2.c.3.0.4.f.1.1.1.0.1.0.a.2.ip6.arpa domain name pointer mail-uksouthazlp170120005.outbound.protection.outlook.com. How do I debug why my Ubuntu machine is hitting this rule ? Thanks, -- Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK [email protected]