On 17/01/2008, David C. Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken Schneider wrote:
> No, this is just another of my anal retentive moments where I can't > understand why my machine wants to ssh out to the world as > mail.3111skyline.com. It's another of my inquisitively stupid "Why?" > questions. I mean, what logic on the box looks to bind dns and says, "I > want to be known as mail today? Hell, why not nemesis.3111skyline.com, > it real name? (Ur, Umm, the name of the box is probably at fault) I > should have called the son-of-a-bitch accommodating.3111skyline.com and > I wouldn't have to put up with this stuff. > > I know it doesn't matter, but why? It is simply a problem of incorrectly configured reverse DNS for the domain. A lookup for 66.76.63.120 yields mail.3111skyline.com. If mail and nemesis are on machine as it seems to be I would also consider using CNAME. Regards, -- Marcin Floryan http://marcin.floryan.pl/ Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
