> > ######## shrapnel:~/.mail/inbox 966---> host diffloth.com
> > diffloth.com A 199.232.38.4
> > ######## shrapnel:~/.mail/inbox 967---> ping 199.232.38.4
> > PING 199.232.38.4 (199.232.38.4): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 199.232.38.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=238 time=71.8 ms
>When you ping an IP address, you are not doing a reverse DNS,
>you are simply accessing the ip address. No DNS is involved,
>simply routers. Reverse DNS is used by mail servers to validate
>that an email message comes from the host it purports to be.
Right. Sorry. Jeez, I even knew that. I should have done
host 199.232.38.4
...which indeed shows the same failure y'all are seeing.
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