[SpamCop-List] Re: gaoland.net vs 80.119.115.158

[Brad Lanam]

In article <ctkdec$va9$1 at news.spamcop.net>, Dar wrote:
> Too funny!
>
> Parsing input: gaoland.net
> host gaoland.net (checking ip) ip not found ; gaoland.net discarded as fake.
> No recent reports, no history available
>
> Cannot resolve gaoland.net
> No valid email addresses found, sorry!
> [...]
> Parsing input: 80.119.115.158
> host 80.119.115.158 = 158.115.119-80.rev.gaoland.net. (cached)

    There's nothing anywhere that says that the top-level domain
    must have an A record w/IP address assigned to it.
    Perfectly normal setup.

    Helps reduce the number of people trying to poke holes in your
    server(s).

    e.g.
www:bll$ host gentoo.com                # no ip address
www:bll$ host -t mx gentoo.com
gentoo.com mail is handled by 2 mail.gentoo.com.
www:bll$ host mail.gentoo.com
mail.gentoo.com has address 64.169.54.66
www:bll$

    -- Brad

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   -- Brad Lanam      bll at gentoo.com