We told our ISP to do the reverse entry, which they eventually did after a while.
With the numerous ISPs we have in Uganda, don't be taken hostage by any one. Clearly spell out what services you need from them before you sign the agreement and if they won't provide what you need, move on.
My 2 cents,
Joseph Mpora
On 10/16/06, McTim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/16/06, wpc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> our company currently hosts it's own DNS. Recently, a
> certain server refused to accept an email because we
> had no reverse DNS entry.
as it should have done
>
> We do have a reverse DNS entry in our configuration,
> but it doesn't seem to propagate. I later found out
> this is supposed to be done by our ISP.
It should be done by the org that was assigned the /24 of IP addresses.
>
> Now the ISP is not very clear on this. we have been
> given 2 options which are.
>
> 1. To either let them host our DNS for us
> 2. Pay for our own ip addresses and do our own border
> gateway routing.
3. have them set up correct reverse delegation in the RIR database.
This is free!
What is your mailserver IP address?
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Cheers,
McTim
$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim
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