On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:31:33 -0800, Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote: | I've heard in the past 2 weeks from two people who discovered that | their mail server settings resulted in pglaf.org bouncing their | messages to gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org (not necessarily through fault of | their own). | | If you've sent messages to pglaf.org, but are not sure if they got | through, you might want to send a test message or check the list | archives (http://lists.pglaf.org). You can set your own list settings | to get your own messages, and/or an acknowledgement message. | | The setting we use is to enforce the standard that mail servers (aka | MTAs) must have reverse DNS entries (also known as PTRs). Several of | the big ISPs, such as AOL, enforce this rule. Others don't. Mail | from addresses with no corresponding PTR is (at pglaf.org) well over | 99.9% likely to be spam. Over 10,000 such messages are blocked | per week on the pglaf.org server using this single rule. | | The postfix server at pglaf.org has had this setting since the spring, | and while I'm sure it has bounced some legitimate messages, it's only | recently that anyone has brought any false positives to my attention. | -- Greg I am blocked and use BTConnect, BT is one of the largest ISPs in the UK -- Dave Fawthrop <hyphen hyphenologist co uk> <http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk> 8 Cooper Grove, Shelf, Halifax, HX3 7RF, UK, Tel/F/A +44(0)1274 691092. H 01274 677161 M: +44(0)7720455248