<div dir="ltr">On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Daniel O'Connor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doconnor@gsoft.com.au" target="_blank">doconnor@gsoft.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I wonder how much spam you block by rejecting submissions from hosts with incorrect/unconfigured reverse DNS entries.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Enough to make it something worth doing. The exact percentages will vary depending on the type of spam being received, but double-digit percentages of spam aren't uncommon.</div>
<div style> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I also wonder how much ham you block incorrectly..<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>If blocking hosts with no reverse DNS - none. Or at least, so close to none to not care. There are enough hosts enforcing the existence of some form of reverse DNS that anyone who doesn't have it is going to have trouble delivering mail to a non-insignificant percentage of the internet.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>If blocking hosts where DNS isn't configured "correctly" (forward matching reverse, etc) then you will block some valid email. Exactly how much will depend on who's sending you mail, but it's probably too high for most people to turn this on.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>If blocking based on the HELO hostname, then you'll block a lot of legitimate mail.</div><div style><br></div><div style> Scott</div></div></div></div>