[dns-wg] Re: Reverse DNS at the Host Level?

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 02:29:16PM +0100, Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> wrote a message of 62 lines which said:

For instance many mail servers won't accept SMTP sessions from hosts with no reverse DNS: it's usually a strong indication of a spam source.

Let me rewrite this properly: For instance some mail servers won't accept SMTP sessions from hosts with no reverse DNS (they often believe it will limit the amount of spam received).