If you lookup 208.34.41.163 a PTR comes back for mail.citravel.com

# dig -x 208.34.41.163 @ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.


; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc3 <<>> -x 208.34.41.163 @ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52105
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;163.41.34.208.in-addr.arpa.    IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
163.41.34.208.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN    CNAME   208.34.41.163.citravel.com.
208.34.41.163.citravel.com. 86400 IN    PTR     mail.citravel.com.
208.34.41.163.citravel.com. 86400 IN    PTR     citravel.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
citravel.com.           86400   IN      NS      ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.
citravel.com.           86400   IN      NS      ns2-auth.sprintlink.net.
citravel.com.           86400   IN      NS      ns3-auth.sprintlink.net.

Sprint is authoritative for citravelc.com, and they are putting PTR records in the ctravel.com zone.


  Now I am seeing in DNSreport that it also says no revers DNS for my
  MX record.  I have called registar which host my DNS

no. they are the registrar for your zone, but your forward citravel.com zone is delegated to Sprint's NSs, are you talking to Sprint DNS admin people?


and asked to
  also create a reverse zone but they keep saying I need to contact
  sprint.

they are correct


      Is this correct?
  1. Sprint needs to make the entries (which they have)

see above, but it's not conventional since they are putting PTR records in the forward zone.


2. My DNS hosting company

.... which is Sprint


must also creat a revers zone (which they
  have not..they stat they have turn revers look ups off for
  security??)

??? reverse and forward queries are technically identical, so why don't they turn of forward lookups "for security"?


  Anyone want to recommed another DNS hosting Company?
  Or since we are up to 8 domains is it time I made my own DNS
  server??

yes, always better to run your own DNS. you cook it, you eat it. :))


Len

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