From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 2 15:31:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h013.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8666F37B405 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 15:31:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 24794 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2001 15:31:19 -0800 Received: from 64.195.103.89 (HELO boethius.telocity.com) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.220) with SMTP; 2 Dec 2001 15:31:19 -0800 X-Sent: 2 Dec 2001 23:31:19 GMT Received: by boethius.telocity.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8DE1C221E; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:31:18 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:31:17 -0600 From: Anthony Kim To: Jim Freeze Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Having trouble with Envelope sender verification Message-ID: <20011202233117.GB26050@boethius.telocity.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jim Freeze , questions@freebsd.org References: <20011202220306.GA25820@boethius.telocity.com> <20011202181329.K1485-100000@www.stelesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011202181329.K1485-100000@www.stelesys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 02, 2001, Jim Freeze wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Anthony Kim wrote: > > > > $ host -t ptr freebsdportal.com. > > There is an entry for this host, but it doesn't have a Pointer > > record. > > > > Also, I noticed another problem with your DNS. > > > > $ host -t ptr mail.freebsdportal.com. > > mail.freebsdportal.com is a nickname for freebsdportal.com > > There is an entry for this host, but it doesn't have a Pointer > > record. > > > > -- > Hmm... would it help if I did not have mail.xyz a CNAME? > I set up my zone record quite some time ago, and I don't > think making a mail a CNAME is a good idea. > What if I changed > ----------------------------------------------------------- > freebsdportal.com. IN A 24.9.218.175 > www.freebsdportal.com. IN CNAME freebsdportal.com. > mail.freebsdportal.com. IN CNAME freebsdportal.com. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > to > ----------------------------------------------------------- > freebsdportal.com. IN A 24.9.218.175 > www.freebsdportal.com. IN CNAME freebsdportal.com. > mail.freebsdportal.com. IN A 24.9.218.175 > ----------------------------------------------------------- That should work. Now, on to reverse lookups! > > Looking at your reverse lookup zone, I find: > > 218.9.24.in-addr.arpa. 1D IN NS ns1.home.net. > > > > I don't know how responsive @home is going to be, sorry. > > Can't I control this if I run my own name server? Not unless @home gave you a classless in-addr.arpa delegation. Otherwise, no one besides yourself will attempt to query your nameservers for PTR info. This error is so common, even at my place of work. People assume if they register a blahblah.com domain, and set up name servers, they automatically control the in-addr.arpa zone as well. In fact these are two distinct namespaces and can be (and often is) under separate administrative management. Now, your ISP may or may not grant you delegation - they won't for a /27 probably but might for a /24. If not, they should add/update the PTR records on your behalf. If they do not, they suck. Have fun! -- "Le motd juste." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message