Re: sendmail hostname and reverse dns questions

2003-09-08 Thread Bret Hughes
d yet. Yeah I figured that but it is nice to have conformation. Just sort of irritating to me. > > >I am about to mail the colo company where this server lives to request > >that the reverse dns entries be added. the mail server is pretty much > >the only thing that run

Re: sendmail hostname and reverse dns questions

2003-09-08 Thread Bret Hughes
t;that list for every request anyway, which is not what you want. Simply set > >the reverse DNS to something that makes sense to YOU: 99.99% the only > >check that is made for reverse DNS is that it exists, not that it matches > >with forward DNS in any way. > > I would

RE: sendmail hostname and reverse dns questions

2003-09-08 Thread Bret Hughes
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 06:19, Cowles, Steve wrote: > Bret Hughes wrote: > > [snip] > > > The first question I have is how can I get sendmail to use the name > > mail1 instead of webserver1. > > > > I was able to fix (workaround ) an error reported by dnsreport.com > > where it said that the hos

RE: sendmail hostname and reverse dns questions

2003-09-08 Thread Cowles, Steve
Bret Hughes wrote: [snip] > The first question I have is how can I get sendmail to use the name > mail1 instead of webserver1. > > I was able to fix (workaround ) an error reported by dnsreport.com > where it said that the host name in the greeting was not the same as > that reported in dns (

Re: sendmail hostname and reverse dns questions

2003-09-08 Thread Steve Phillips
At 00:00 8/09/2003 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: [snippage] Maybe you can do it if reverse-round-robin-DNS exists, but so far as I know it doesn't and, in any case, you would get any name at random from that list for every request anyway, which is not what you want. Simply set the revers

Re: sendmail hostname and reverse dns questions

2003-09-07 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
n do it if reverse-round-robin-DNS exists, but so far as I know it doesn't and, in any case, you would get any name at random from that list for every request anyway, which is not what you want. Simply set the reverse DNS to something that makes sense to YOU: 99.99% the only check that is

sendmail hostname and reverse dns questions

2003-09-07 Thread Bret Hughes
net (mtaw6.prodigy.net [64.164.98.56]) by webserver1.maindomain.com How can I change this other than resetting the hostname for the entire server?. The fix may be related to my next question regarding reverse dns. I am about to mail the colo company where this server lives to request that t

RE: reverse DNS

2002-07-11 Thread Patrick Nelson
Devon Harding wrote: - For some reason, I cannot to a reverse lookup on my IP address on my RH7.2 system. When I do a 'dig -x 12.x.x.x', I get the following error: ';; connection timed out; no servers could be reached' Here are my DNS files: named.conf options { dir

reverse DNS

2002-07-10 Thread Devon Harding - GTHLA
For some reason, I cannot to a reverse lookup on my IP address on my RH7.2 system. When I do a 'dig -x 12.x.x.x', I get the following error: ';; connection timed out; no servers could be reached' Here are my DNS files: named.conf options { directory "/var/named"; }; key "rndckey"{

Re: Reverse dns & private IPs

2002-03-27 Thread cgalpin
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:36:56AM -0700, Christian Cryder wrote: > > > It almost seems as if something on the box is trying to do reverse dns > > lookups on private IPs. I've been searching in vain to try and figure out > >

Re: Reverse dns & private IPs

2002-03-27 Thread Ed Wilts
sses do have valid nameservers and the query is being satisfied. > It almost seems as if something on the box is trying to do reverse dns > lookups on private IPs. I've been searching in vain to try and figure out > what controls this and how to either a) configure it to not do reverse

Reverse dns & private IPs

2002-03-27 Thread Christian Cryder
connect to the box. It almost seems as if something on the box is trying to do reverse dns lookups on private IPs. I've been searching in vain to try and figure out what controls this and how to either a) configure it to not do reverse dns on private ips, or b) turn off reverse dns altoge

RE: Reverse DNS

1998-05-15 Thread Dave Wreski
On 15-May-98 Phil Garrett wrote: > I'm having a hell of a time getting reverse DNS to operate properly on our > domain. DNS works fine both local and external but reverse only works > local. If I use nslookup on another domains machine and try and address > lookup, I get '

Classless Reverse DNS

1998-05-15 Thread Matt Housh
On the subject of reverse DNS, I've got a question. I'm running a small domain inside my employer's namespace (with their blessing :)), and have to request that they set up any reverse entries I need. I have complete control over my forward lookup, but I'd like to

Re: Reverse DNS

1998-05-15 Thread Randy Carpenter
> I'm having a hell of a time getting reverse DNS to operate properly on our > domain. DNS works fine both local and external but reverse only works > local. If I use nslookup on another domains machine and try and address > lookup, I get 'server failed' errors.

Reverse DNS

1998-05-15 Thread Phil Garrett
I'm having a hell of a time getting reverse DNS to operate properly on our domain. DNS works fine both local and external but reverse only works local. If I use nslookup on another domains machine and try and address lookup, I get 'server failed' errors. If I try to list (ls) ou