Re: [bitfolk] Email - getting out of spam filters

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Author: Nigel Rantor
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Email - getting out of spam filters

Actually I'm just going to stop exim listening on the IPv6 interface and
see if that works

On 30/07/13 21:13, Robert Gauld wrote:
> In my (albeit limited) experience of running a mail server this is
> something that is seen as a big issue (possibly just for newer domains)
> - having had a similar issue it was resolved almost immediately by
> fixing the PTR records - doing a reverse lookup on your mail server's
> address should match how it identifies itself (If it claims to be
> mail.a.com <http://mail.a.com> when connecting then the PTR for its IP
> address should be mail.a.com <http://mail.a.com>).
>
> On 30 July 2013 21:05, Nigel Rantor <wiggly@???
> <mailto:wiggly@wiggly.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     Further to on-list discussions another sysadmin friend of mine
>     suggested that the fact that the A record for my MX doesn't match
>     the PTR record might be an issue but I feel it is a red herring.

>
>     I'm pretty sure multiple PTR records is not allowed (or at least
>     discouraged) anyway, which means I would need to start using the
>     real name of my machine for the MX record instead of the one I am using.

>
>     This isn't that much of a problem really, just means I don't have a
>     nice 'mail.*' MX entry.

>
>     Thoughts?

>
>
>        n

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