Reverse DNS for eyeballs?

Frank Habicht geier at geier.ne.tz
Fri Apr 21 13:02:14 UTC 2023


On 21/04/2023 15:37, Chris Adams wrote:
> I don't see any benefit to programmatically-generated reverse DNS.  I
> stopped setting it up a long time ago now.  Really, reverse DNS these
> days is mostly only useful for:
> 
> - mail servers (where it shows a modicum of control and clue)
> - infrastructure/router IPs (so mtr/traceroute can show useful info)

I would say the absence of reverse DNS tells useful info to receiving 
MTAs - to preferably not accept.

Frank



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