Mark Smith wrote:
Why should email assume fixed IP addresses for email delivery, or rather,
matching PTR and MX records ?
Because spammers target home users with broadband connections, and try
to crack their systems to use them as open relays. As a result, some
ISPs have taken this step; they figure you can always send mail via your
ISP's SMTP server. Yes, it's dain-bramaged.
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