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Re: [Asrg] Round 2 of the DNSBL BCP

2008-04-01 15:22:16
Matt Sergeant wrote:
   Some mail systems are unable to differentiate between these various
   results or flags, however, so a public DNSBL MUST NOT include
   opposing or widely different meanings -- such as 127.0.0.23 for
   "sends good mail" and 127.0.0.99 for "sends bad mail" -- within the
   same DNS zone.
    

Not sure why this is a MUST NOT. If people are dumb enough to use a  
mixed list in a broken way they get what they deserve. What's the  
justification?

Matt.

  
This isn't just broken lists it's broken software.  Not all software 
which uses DNSBL's differentiates by returned response.

Andrew

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