I guess that�s the problem. When I do the Reverse DNS Lookup for my IP at dnsstuff.com, I get the following answer:
myipaddress PTR record: IPDAEB0029ATL2.usa.prod.interland.net. [TTL 3600s] [BAD: No A record] I little confused though... mydomain.com has an 'MX' record of imail.mydomain.com and an 'A' record of myipaddress. So should I just have Interland change the PTR record to mydomain.com? on 6/3/04 6:33 PM, R. Scott Perry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Should a PTR record resolve to the name of my mail server? > > Only if you want it to. > > The IP of your mailserver should have a reverse DNS entry, that resolves > back to the same IP (so 192.0.2.25 has a reverse DNS entry of > host.example.com, *and* host.example.com has an A record of 192.0.2.25). > > Some people will complain if the reverse DNS doesn't meet their standards > (the main one is that if it looks like it has an IP in it, some people will > assume that the IP is a dynamic IP) -- but in almost all cases, you can > ignore people doing the oddball stuff such as making sure that the PTR is > the same as the HELO. If you bend over backwards to please one, it will > often cause another to block you. > >> I just moved to a new dedicated server and the new PTR record resolves to >> SERVERNAME.usa.prod.interland.net. Should it go to imail.mydomain.com, which >> is the name of my mail server instead? Interland says that as long as their >> is a PTR record, then it doesn't matter. > > The new PTR record should be fine. > >> I am not able to send mail to aol right now and I talked to them and they >> said I am not on their high level block list and they weren't sure what the >> problem is. My imail logs just say SMTP_DELIV_FAIL and the bounced message >> from aol says: > > You'll need to check the IMail SMTP log file in detail -- it will have > information such as whether IMail is using the correct IP, whether SMTP > commands are being sent, etc. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
