[AusNOG] IPv6 reverse DNS and Mail ...

Tom.Minchin at csiro.au Tom.Minchin at csiro.au
Thu May 23 18:21:09 EST 2013


Cept you can't bribe the Office 365 or Google Apps faceless flunkies with chocolate or beer...


----- Original Message -----
From: Tim March [mailto:march.tim at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:13 PM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] IPv6 reverse DNS and Mail ...


You guys both forgot the bit where all the IT operations managers 
finally get the sh!ts with system flunkies arguing about SMTP and move 
everything to Google Apps or Office 365 =)

http://vimeo.com/20490303

K, GO!



T.

On 23/05/13 5:31 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 16:13 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
>
>>
>> Um, I think you may have missed the point there. When all IPv6 forwards
>> have a valid reverse, the lack of such will be no indication of
>> spamminess at all.
>>
> If that day ever comes, and I doubt it, given, most can't even get it
> right on IPv4,  then, it will be one less process in many.
>
>> blur. Stances like yours, which presume such distinctions and seek to
>> disadvantage (even if for the very best of reasons) those belonging to
>> the "lesser" class, will become untenable.
>>
>
> So be it, I can't understand why some expect those with as tight a ship
> as they can possibly run (because there are always limits), to dumb it
> down, just for the tiny minority who in most the part CBF even looking
> at if they can resolve their compliance issues.
>
>> The presumption there is that it is they who need to get their act
>> together. That assumption, with it's inherent co-assumption that they
>> need you more than you need them, is one that the coming decade may
>> challenge...
>>
> Maybe, maybe not. If those responsible - the sys admins (so most likely
> hardly anyone on this list since they are in the minority here as most
> are, or were, before certain media types publicised this list and we
> ended up with whingepoolers etc, network engineers, who would not have
> DNS in their daily responsibilities) did their job, or were educated
> (since we all know in small business often one employee has many hats,
> including server administration, and likely would be unaware of things
> like this).
>
> Which is why I will not change my anti-spam measures for IPv6, like I
> hinted previously, else it'll be 1990 all over again.
> I'm human (yes, that might surprise some - shut up Tom if you're reading
> this ;)),  I make mistakes, but I learn from them, and try not to repeat
> them.
>
>
>
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