if you don't set up the reverses, you'll be unable to _send_ mail to some
servers.
some admins chose to reject smtp connections that are not resolved.
In other words, if you connect from an address 1.2.3.4, the server will do
a reverse lookup
to get the hostname. if no answer is found, the connection is closed.
Also, if your MTA advertises itself as foo.domain.name, you'd better make
this name
a resolvable one. some servers close the connection if the MTA uses a
non-resolvable
name for itself.
yes, it sucks, but that's SMTP: it choosed to marry DNS since a long time, and
they've not divorced yet :)
cheers,
mouss
At 15:50 29/09/00 +0300, Anup Manjrekar wrote:
>many many thanx for your response, i've got rid of the problem, but even now
>i don't have a reverse entry defined still i am receiving messages without
>any delays and undeliverables.
>
>Thanks and regards,
>
>ANUP
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