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On Mon, 2013-05-20 at 16:21 +1000, Mark Andrews wrote:
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Or you could just follow the RFC and accept email regardless
of whether there is a PTR record or not. Every site that
drops email based on the lack of a PTR records is violating
a MUST NOT.
Mark
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RFC 5321 <BR>
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7.9. Scope of Operation of SMTP Servers<BR>
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It is a well-established principle that an SMTP server may refuse to<BR>
accept mail for any operational or technical reason that makes sense<BR>
to the site providing the server<BR>
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Sorry Mark, but anti-spam measures are operational issues. People have been doing 7.9 for a great many years before JK amended this back in 08, I recall discussing with him the specific inclusion of anti spam terms, but he believed that the term operational was more suited and covered it, therefore the many institutions blocking based on non this are in fact, compliant.<BR>
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