Re: [exim] hotmail emails not reaching contacts

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Author: Jakob Hirsch
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To: xyon
CC: exim-users, Derrick MacPherson, Anne Clarke
Subject: Re: [exim] hotmail emails not reaching contacts
xyon wrote:

> IDENT request on tcp/113.. of course most of us drop connections on any
> port we don't use, so if they don't get a response, they drop your


Why would anyone do that? DROP is a misbehaviour similar to the clueless
ICMP blocking (and breaking things like PMTU discovery) which is even done
on major sites.
Of course it's reasonable to have rate-limiting for REJECT rules, just as
for ACCEPT.

> message thinking you are someone bad. The recommended solution is to


... have an identd, even if it's only a fake one that always returns
"nobody" (like I do).