VeriSign SMTP reject server updated

Sat Sep 20 16:14:50 UTC 2003

 Oh come on people, this guy *implements* stuff. Here he is on the list
describing how he has implemented something to alleviate the problems
caused by PHBs at Verisign.

 ISC bind mods, ICANN displeasure, and other sources of pressure will
either remove this issue or make it irrelevant.

  Rather than bashing someone who is doing something positive we should
see if we can paypal him $$$ for a box of tacks so he can mine the
chairs of the tack head marketing weasels who decided this would be a
good idea ...

Matthew Kaufman wrote:
> 
> > One piece of feedback we received multiple times after the
> > addition of the wildcard A record to the .com/.net zones
> > concerned snubby, our SMTP mail rejection server.
> 
> Did you miss the other pieces of feedback about how wildcard records in .com
> and .net are simply a bad idea for numerous reasons?
> 
> > We would like to state for the record that the only purpose
> > of this server is to reject mail immediately to avoid its
> > remaining in MTA queues throughout the Internet.  We are
> > specifically not retaining, nor do we have any intention to
> > retain, any email addresses from these SMTP transactions.
> 
> Right. We can't trust you to do the right thing with regard to the wildcards
> themselves, so now we have to trust you when you tell us what your SMTP
> server does. Why should we trust you, again?
> 
> > I would welcome feedback on these options sent to me
> > privately or the list; I will summarize the former.
> 
> I'll take "the list", even though I'm sure it'll get beaten to death by the
> time I check my mailbox again.
> 
> Matthew Kaufman
> matthew at eeph.com
> 
> Ps. Are you planning on operating servers which reject, with proper status
> codes, every other common service that might be found at an Internet
> address?

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