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
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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,


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Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
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