Hi scott

i found this in my log

20030328 113455 127.0.0.1       SMTP (371) 250-unknown, why do you call
yourself cefib.com. Ready.

is this because my ptr record is mail.cefib.com  ?

TIA

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From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] does not accept mail in the domain literal
format


> At 01:52 PM 3/28/2003, you wrote:
> >I ran this report on my server
> >http://www.dnsreport.com
> >and received this warnning
> >
> >WARN: One or more of your mailservers does not accept mail in the domain
> >literal format ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Mailservers are technically required
> >RFC1123 5.2.17 to accept mail to domain literals for any of its IP
> >addresses. Not accepting domain literals can make it more difficult to
test
> >your mailserver, and can prevent you from receiving E-mail from people
> >reporting problems with your mailserver. However, it is unlikely that any
> >problems will occur if the domain literals are not accepted.
>
> Many IMail servers have this problem, but it isn't a serious problem.
>
> I don't have full details yet, but it sounds like you can get around this
> problem by adding the IP as a host alias for your primary domain name.
>                                     -Scott
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