Dave Nathanson at 2002-06-18 13:29 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >2) I also run my own mail server on a DSL line. I have several domains >and one IP number, so even if my ISP would agree to edit the PTR, It's >not going to pass a reverse DNS test for my multiple domains. >I seem to have solved the reverse DNS on SMTP server by using looking up >my IP number and using whatever I found there in Claris Emailer as my >SMTP server. In my case, my IP number is 64.34.171.21 and one of my >domains is SBAMUG.com. > >If I look up my IP number, it says that the name is >dsl-64-34-171-21.telocity.com . >If I then look up that name (a reverse lookup) it shows my IP number >again, and therefore by using the name that the ISP gave my IP number,i >can pass the reverse DNS test. Note that no configuration changes are >necessary anywhere except the SMTP server setting in Claris Emailer for >that account. I did not change anything in the DNS, nor on the email >server at all. Just made my outgoing SMTP server name in an Emailer >account be dsl-64-34-171-21.telocity.com instead of mail.sbamug.com. My >outgoing email still shows the correct return & reply-to addresses.
This makes no difference whatsoever. Em@iler sends to the SMTP server, it is the SMTP server that is connecting to the destination server. If the destination server is configured to do reverse look-ups (against the RFC, I might add) then it is the sending server whose IP is looked up. In other words, your mail server has to announce itself as "dsl-64-34-171-21.telocity.com" ... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
