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i am in need of a sample PTR record for my DNS
i am using apache web server with debian lenny
here is what i know so far...
my-ip-ad-res.static.myisp.net.
what else should be part of this?
thank you very much
i am in need of a sample PTR record for my DNS
Unless you own the IP block you'll need to contact your provider to set a PTR.
why do you say this?
so far i have come up with this....
does this make sense?
000.000.00.185.static.myserviceprovider.net. 86400 IN PTR mail.mywebsite.net
i am trying to keep my php/sendmail mail() emails from never getting to yahoo and from landing in hotmail junk folders....
why do you say this?
Because you won't be authoritative for the IP address and nobody will come to you to look it up.
does this make sense?
No, that's not the way it works.
not the same as own?
please, tell me what i should be asking this data center to do?
i already asked them about reverse DNS records and Resolver records and they say they have no more settings to set and gave me the first part of the post above to work with...
whan i make changes to my zone file should i be doing anything other thant restarting bind? thank you
my data center has 'assigned' this ip block to me...not the same as own?
Nope. Do a whois on it and see.
i already asked them about reverse DNS records and Resolver records and they say they have no more settings to set
If they won't let you have your IP reverse to what you want, you should dump them and go somewhere else.
whan i make changes to my zone file should i be doing anything other thant restarting bind?
That should work. Just remember that the PTR does not belong in your domain's zone file.
Just remember that the PTR does not belong in your domain's zone file.
now i am really confused....
judas priest where is it supposed to go?
here is the file for my main site /
myrealwebsite.net. 86400 IN SOA ns1.myrealwebsite.com. hostmaster.myrealweb#*$!e.com
2009032701 ; Serial YYYYMMDDXX
10800 ; Refresh
3600 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; minimum IN NS ns1.myrealwebsite.com.
IN NS ns2.myrealwebsite.com.
IN MX 10 mail.myrealwebsite.net.
IN A 000.000.00.185
mail IN A 000.000.00.185
ns1 IN A 000.000.00.185
ns2 IN A 000.000.00.186
myrealwebsite.net IN TXT v=spf1 mx ptr ip4:000.000.00.185 mx:mail.myrealwebsite.net -all
000.000.00.185.static.myserviceprovider.net. 86400 IN PTR mail.myrealwebsite.net
secure IN A 000.000.00.187
servername IN A 000.000.00.185
service5 IN A 000.000.00.185
database/file server name IN A 000.000.00.189
what am i doing wrong?
emails to yahoo, comcast verizon bounce hotmail goes into junk folder
i had to put noreply@mywebsite.net in php.ini to get them to work (problem occurs www-data user from php/sendmail) - i am using postfix dovecot - i added 'generic' table mapping - this was showing in emailheaders but they still had problems -- so i figured it wa this blasted PTR record or the SPF record i added thursday -- still no differenc to hotmail -- boing.... intojunk folders
thoughts?
