question on ptr rr

Wed Feb 11 03:05:33 UTC 2004

> As I told you in another email, a good 40% of my mail on my personal 
> colo comes from sources without rDNS - mostly within India, from and to 
> some fairly large linux lists.
>
> After all the filters that I use were applied - 682 unique IP addresses, 
> with no rDNS sent at least 6124 legitimate (assumed legitimate as not 
> caught by my filters) emails in the period from Feb 2 to Feb 10.
> 
> This box hosts mail for two large linux lists.  And hosts my email, and 
> email for my parents and a few friends. I and my friends are subscribed 
> to various local linux and other mailing lists - several of which have 
> no rDNS.

so, it's a long way from your 'tipping point'.

as your percentiles look worse than those here, do you think
it is indian dns maintenance or politics, or linux list
users, or both?

randy