Bill, you seem to be in an ill mood about this... Notice that I did check it out and respond accurately a few minutes afterwards, but the reason I didn't check it first is that almost everyone who claims that they "own" the IP range will be wrong...especially as Sandy pointed out with the misunderstanding about the difference between forward and reverse DNS, and not already having a PTR for the MX in 2005... So, yes, I was wrong, but I stand by the narrowing process of troubleshooting issues of any kind. You start with the most common causes and narrow it down until you've reached the heart of the issue.
Nuff said...let's drop it. Darin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:24 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] PTR records on our own Class C Ken said he owned the address space (twice), most did not bother to confirm or refute that statement before disregarding. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanford Whiteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Landry" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] PTR records on our own Class C >> Yes, but it's the wrong answer that sends someone off on an >> unnecessary wild-goose chase. . . > > Not truly a wild-goose chase, as the ISP -- usually much more > responsive by phone than a registrar -- would be able to rapidly > discern the extenuating routing circumstances and would direct the > client to the proper place. > > And I'd say that Darin's 999/1000 is actually much too low. It's > probably more like 99,999/100,000 times that a person who. . . > > a) doesn't have a PTR for their mailserver in April 2005; > > b) doesn't know that forward DNS is unrelated to reverse DNS; > > c) exhausts the DNS resources on the net without finding guidance > there; > > d) posts to an IMail list with this FAQ, without noting that they have > already consulted their bandwidth provider, as the archives (until > now) always recommend; and > > e) is the sole IT person charged with solving this problem > > . . . does not own their Class C. This is not meant as a slur on Ken, > who certainly has skills outside this arena that we do not, but based > on experience. > > --Sandy > > > ------------------------------------ > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SpamAssassin plugs into Declude! > > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/SPAMC32/download/release/ > > Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Exchange or IMail mailboxes into IMail > Aliases! > > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/exchange2aliases/download/release/ > > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/download/release/ > > > 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/ 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/
