>Scott, Len, others, please un-perplex me.

let's assume it's possible   :))

>We have had PTR Record issues for a while.

"issue" = "problem"  ??

>So we set up a little linux
>box as a secondary DNS, and kept hostdns.hostidaho.com as the primary.
>(This should have bumped ns1.uswest.net and ns2.denver.uswest.net out of
>the picture.)
>
>However, we still fail the Reverse MX record test at dnsreport.com.  If
>you go to dnsstuff and do a reverse lookup, it also fails.  The
>interesting part is that it refers to ns2.dnvr.uswest.net... !?!?  How
>can I resolve this?
>
>Why doesn't the test ask either of the two DNS servers that I have
>listed by Internic?
>
>http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=www.varsitycontractor
>s.com
>Shows pretty good stuff, except my Reverse MX record.  However, both the
>ns1.varsitycontractors.com and the hostdns.hostidaho.com have this
>entry.

Opt-In4Email# dig -x 63.230.118.54

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> -x
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      54.118.230.63.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
230.63.in-addr.arpa.    1D IN SOA       ns1.uswest.net. 
hostmaster.uswest.net. (
                                         2002041520      ; serial
                                         8H              ; refresh
                                         2H              ; retry
                                         1W              ; expiry
                                         1D )            ; minimum

the reverse authority for that ip block is with uswest, not with you.  you 
have to ask uswest delegate reverse authority to your NS's.

Len

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