>It seems as if we have ruled out DNS, but I still have a question to you all
>about the resolution with DNS. We are using virtual hosts here, so there
>will be multiple PTR records in reverse lookup pointing to the same server
>(eg. mail.correctdomain.org has a PTR = 1.1.1.1 and mail.anotherdomain.com
>has a PTR=1.1.1.1), which possibly can be misconstrued by the email server
>recieving the message (eg. a message sent by mail.correctdomain.org resolves
>to a mail.anotherdomain.com). Do you all have any ideas on how to ensure,
>with out changing the ip of our server ("breaking the virtualness"), that
>the correctdomain is resolved, I'm not sure if it's possible.
Not possible with virtaul mailhosts.
The NS returns only on PTR record per ip queried, so make the
hostname data field or the PTR record the Imail primary/default
hostname to serve for all your virtuals, is your best shot.
The other ip's in Imail can have their own PTR hostname.
Len
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