[Info-vax] Decuserve.org - Anyone know why it's down?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00AF0C69.FA2DB1D5 at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <cgvsc6F3j6iU5 at mid.individual.net>, bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>In article <m8a72d$sl0$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>	Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>>> On 2015-01-04 01:17:20 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>>> 
>>>> On 2015-01-03, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> FWIW, the decuserve.org DNS resolution has been re-targeted.  The 
>>>>> domain is now resolving to a different, Boston-area IP address.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> What IP address are you seeing and what do you think the last IP address was ?
>>> 
>>> I reversed it back to an IP address that indicated it was a Verizon 
>>> FiOS static, which AFAIK / AFAICR is new.   IIRC, the old address 
>>> didn't reverse back to FiOS.  If not, "nevermind".
>> 
>>I hope that's going to change as it will definitely affect who the users
>>can send email to.
> 
> Why do you say that?
 
Many (one would hope most, if not all) proper MTA's will look at the entry
in the HELO (or EHLO) command in SMTP and attempt to match it to the DNS PTR
value.  If they don't match it is assumed the contacting MTA is spoofing
and will be rejected.

bill

-- 
Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>