From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 6 22:48:17 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBAB516A41F for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:48:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@xk7.net) Received: from mra03.ex.eclipse.net.uk (mra03.ex.eclipse.net.uk [212.104.129.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB26943D6A for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:48:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@xk7.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mra03.ex.eclipse.net.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 205152E297A; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:48:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mra03.ex.eclipse.net.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra03.ex.eclipse.net.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20225-03-5; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:48:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kryten.xk7.net (unknown [81.168.90.101]) by mra03.ex.eclipse.net.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B2F82E2973; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:48:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: by kryten.xk7.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 32BF11703E; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:45:50 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:45:50 +0000 From: Paul Waring To: Chris Message-ID: <20051106224550.GA3718@kryten.xk7.net> References: <36f5bbba0511061138k4f9b5ef5q2fefed621c9ffc6b@mail.gmail.com> <436E60FC.5050009@makeworld.com> <20051106204732.GB755@kryten.xk7.net> <436E8682.5030306@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <436E8682.5030306@makeworld.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Edwin D. Vinas" Subject: Re: how to setup DNS server and making sub-domains in DSL server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:48:18 -0000 On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 04:41:06PM -0600, Chris wrote: > It may not be necessary - but to do it right... I for one like to have > mu IP's resolve both forward and reverse. It's just professional looking > as a whole. I like to have my IPs resolve both ways too, but try finding an ISP who will either give you that sort of control through delegation or is willing to setup the required reverse DNS records on their side. If you're lucky you'll get customer114324.myisp.net to play with. I don't know of any residential ISPs, at least not in the UK, who will do that sort of thing. Having said that, there's nothing particularly "wrong" about not having reverse DNS records for IPs, or having ones that don't match. It only really matters if you're sending out email to people with overly aggressive spam filters that check for that sort of thing. Paul -- Rogue Tory http://www.roguetory.org.uk