Re: hostname prefix on domain name

["Cynthia Kovarik" <ckovarik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

Just wanted to let you and the group know that this did the trick.  Took me
awhile to get back to this particular issue (we had a work-around) but ...
once I did and I contacted MCI/WorldCom/UUnet they added in record time.
Thanks for your help.  This list is great!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@klements.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: hostname prefix on domain name


>
> I'm guessing (though, maybe you have more information than I do) that
> the problem is that reverse DNS does not work.
>
> In other words, 'atlanta.stocorp.com' resolves to 63.254.226.219 just
> fine, but the reverse is not true...  looking up 63.254.226.219 does not
> yield 'atlanta.stocorp.com'
>
> If this is the case, you need to get your ISP (or whomever owns the
> IP 63.254.226.219) to change their DNS tables so that it does in fact
> resolve to atlanta.stocorp.com.
>
> All Earthlink is trying to do is reduce spam by disallowing mail sent from
> untrusted relays.  Since your IP address resolves to
> zzz-063254226219.splitrock.net, it looks like a 'temporary' server that
> was just set up to relay spam, rather than a permanent, professional
> relay.
>
> There are other companies who use similar techniques to this.  Such as the
> people who run FreeBSD.org...
>
> Are you relaying the mail directly to earthlink, or are you using a smart
> host?   If you're relaying directly, using a smart host may solve your
> problem.  (But I can't say for certain without testing it out)
>
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Cynthia Kovarik wrote:
> >
> > Looks like the spammers are winning and those of us who would like to
> > send legitimate mail ... can't ...
> >
> > Earthlink recently beefed up their anti-spam campaign.  Now I can no
> > longer send email from AS/400 to Earthlink accounts as it does not see
> > atlanta.stocorp.com as legitimate domain.  Mail to other ISPs work ok
> > but I'm sure it's just a matter of time.  What are my options here?
> >
>
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