Re: [exim] verify_sender

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Author: Martin A. Brooks
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] verify_sender
On Sat, May 15, 2010 22:47, W B Hacker wrote:
> So your first line of defense is to check that the 'connectee' *server*

is legit
> - eg - has (a path to) proper published DNS entries. (PTR RR & A RR

for-sure, MX
> RR as well - hopefully)


What's an RR?

Assuming you mean "reverse record", surely a "PTR RR" is just an A record
and a "A RR" is actually just a PTR?

The concept of a "MX RR" is pointless, as an MX is just a special case of
an A record.