Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:17:44 -0800 From: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: getting mail to work Message-ID: <493e2590c7f615d9fb9db209919e147d@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <20070313011458.0f3534fd@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <6660f1280703110845w52b8babapf2814da0ac6424ae@mail.gmail.com> <56A5B5E4-5644-4C50-9346-5EC9A372C3DB@goldmark.org> <eb7d4fbd9ce9f59269d552242aab679f@prodigy.net> <20070312170530.65898c23@gumby.homeunix.com> <9b8f6952375affce2f85577c9c2792b6@prodigy.net> <20070313011458.0f3534fd@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mar 12, 2007, at 5:14 PM, RW wrote: > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:36:41 -0800 > jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> wrote: > >> >> On Mar 12, 2007, at 9:05 AM, RW wrote: >> >>> The important thing is really your reverse DNS, if you have control >>> of it and looks like a real server name, e.g. mail.example.com, >>> you can stay off the dynamic lists. It doesn't help to have a >>> static address if your reverse dns looks like 12-43-545-example.net >>> >> >> Thank you for your reply; >> One of my machines (the one I use all the time and use to send and >> receive >> e-mai) does have an ISP assigned name. But the others are FQDN's that >> I have registered. One even has .net as the top level domain and that >> is one I am planning on using for the mail server. >> > > Just as long as you understand the distinction between forward and > reverse DNS. Based on the whois record for for your IP address, at the > moment you appear to have the following reverse DNS for the address > range 75.7.236.224 - 75.7.236.231: > > $ for i in `jot 8 224` ; do dig +short -x 75.7.236.$i ; done > adsl-75-7-236-224.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > adsl-75-7-236-225.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > adsl-75-7-236-226.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > adsl-75-7-236-227.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > adsl-75-7-236-228.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > adsl-75-7-236-229.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > adsl-75-7-236-230.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > adsl-75-7-236-231.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. > OK, It appears that it is the ISPs name servers who are responding. When I call up my sights I get to the machines they are on according to my present DNS setup. try www.brushandbard.com Jeff K
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