On 2025-06-08 at 19:07:01 UTC-0400 (Sun, 8 Jun 2025 16:07:01 -0700)
AC via Exim-users <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:
Well yes but the record is sometimes returned as an A/AAAA so I'm
being generic to ask IP to a record of any kind.
Even if I ask directly for an A record or a PTR record I still get
something if there is something to return:
dig -t a 8.8.8.8
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;8.8.8.8. IN A
That's a query for an A record with the *NAME* 8.8.8.8. It will ask
whatever nameserver you have configured for the system.
[...]
dig -t ptr 8.8.8.8
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;8.8.8.8. IN PTR
That's a query for a PTR record with the *NAME* 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. It
will ask whatever nameserver you have configured for the system.
[...]
dig 8.8.8.8
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;8.8.8.8. IN A
Equivalent to the first query.
None of these queries have anything to do with your problem, since it is
highly unlikely that 8.8.8.8 is offering you email.
Note that if you use 8.8.8.8 as a resolver for a mail server, you will
cause yourself trouble. Use a local autonomously recursive resolver, not
a forwarder or a public resolver.
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