[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [cobalt-users] Mail oddities



At 08:12 AM 3/6/00 -0500, you wrote:


OK.. only a few bounced this AM..
yahoo.com: Name server timeout

I keep writing about the importance of robust DNS. Thanks for proving my point <smile>.

I'm not going to worry about it.. nothing I can do.. I was starting to
think it was just mail to yahoo and hotmail people from my SMTP..

While everyone CAN and some people WILL block SMTP traffice from your IP#, especially if you don't have good reverse DNS or if your (clueless) ISP gives you an IP# in the middle of a dialup block (I've seen it happen <frown>), most people WON'T unless you give them good reason.

Jeff

--
Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>