[ale] Did I make it or did I bounce?

[Jim Popovitch]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 9:41 PM, James Earl Smith <feenix at feenix.us> wrote:
> The smpt server I use has been bouceing back my emails. He has made some
> changes so I am seeing if this comes through.

Well, this one did make it through...but....

It should have been rejected:

  ~$ host host1.quartzbear.net
  host1.quartzbear.net has address 72.232.227.4
  ~$ host 72.232.227.4
  4.227.232.72.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
4.227.232.72.static.reverse.ltdomains.com.

Note that A != PTR, and that a lot of SMTP hosts will (and should)
reject based on that alone.

-Jim P.