problems with BLU mail?

[bill at billhorne.homelinux.org (Bill Horne)]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 13:47 -0500, John Abreau wrote:
> >  On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:49:48 -0500 Tom Metro quoth:
> >
> > > Something that might be more easily obtained than a donated server, and
> > > would also address the spam problem, is getting spam filtering services
> > > donated. [snip]
> 
> On 1/3/07, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
> 
> > That's a  good idea. Tom, could you contact someone on this.
> > JABR are you cool with it??
> >
> 
> It sounds like a good idea. I do have some questions about it,
> of course.
> 
> Do they check that the recipient address is valid? If so, what
> happens when we add new users or new lists; is it easy to
> update Brightmail's list of valid addresses? Can we maintain
> whitelists, and would they be per-user or domain-wide whitelists?

Since I use a dynamic dns service to receive email on my Debian box,
I'll ask what happens when forward (A) and reverse (PTR) records don't
match.

My PTR record shows a speakeasy address, but my A record does not.

Also, and I know this sounds odd but some servers do it: is there any
chance that my "dynamic" domain name would be filtered even though it
points to a fixed IP? I don't know why, but some System Administrators
think that a "dynamic" domain name is prima facie proof of spam.

Bill Horne


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