Re: AGH! Cannot post to any mailing lists :(

> On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Jim Mock wrote:
> > If you're in control of your reverse DNS, you need to fix it.  If you
> > aren't, it's time to club your ISP with the clue-by-four a few times...
> 
> With all due respect to your domain, and to Godwin's law, isn't this
> policy just a bit totalitarian?  I'm often plugged in through random wifi
> base stations or internet cafes, delivering mail directly from my laptop
> rather than relaying it through somewhere.  I'm doubtful even this message
> will get through.  No additional security is provided or even implied by
> reverse DNS.  Why require it?

Accountability.  It's fairly trivial to setup your 'fixed/permanent'
mail server to allow your laptop to relay through it, which solves the
problem completely.

(And, this is how most 'travelling' software does it's thing, since
POP3/IMAP by default is used for sending/receiving mail by most nomadic
users. :)





Nate

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