OT: fighting rbl's

[Aleksandar Milivojevic]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Having reverse DNS with a non-generic-looking name is also a good way of 
> demonstrating that the IPs are static rather than dynamic.

Wrong.  If you have single or only a handfull IP addresses, more often 
than not your reverse DNS will be generic.

> Last week, over on SPAM-L, an Israeli ISP listed their dynamic IP range 
> and *requested* that everyone block it until they could get their 
> outgoing port 25 block in place.

I've probably went too far by saying "all" and "none".  Probably should 
have used "most" and/or "many".

> As the OP actually has a static IP, the real solution for that should be 
> to get the incorrect listings fixed, rather than stopping using dynamic 
> IP lists altogether.

I'm seeing people with OP problems too often to be able to agree with you.

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