Eliminate Spam Now... >g< Python w/DNS/&POP3

[Benjamin Schollnick]

on 3/17/02 5:48 PM, Neil Schemenauer at nas at python.ca wrote:

> Look at the check() function.  It does a RBL-like check using
>socket.gethostbyname().

I missed something fundamental, but quite simple.

Your not doing a getbyhostname ("www.yahoo.com")....  You are doing a
gethostbyname ("www.yahoo.com.outputs.orbz.org")  which forces your
DNS server to check the ORBZ DNS server....

I feel a little foolish for not realizing that...

Thanks for the hint, and that has completely (!!) simplified the entire
problem by several 1000%.

        - Benjamin