Re: RFC 2182 considered harmful

["D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>]

Bruce Campbell writes:
> Having mail bounce back with some obscure message about unable to resolve
> the hostname after trying continually for the past 7 or so days because
> some admin thinks RFC2182 is 'not the best practice' merely reinforces the
> 'fly-by-night' impression such small sites tend to give out.

So you think that having mail bounce back with, say, ``Unable to find
cafax.se during the past week'' gives a fly-by-night impression that
will lose customers, while ``Unable to connect to cafax.se during the
past week'' gives the impression of a solid, well-managed site that
really wants your business?

---Dan