Am Sun, 03 Mar 2024 17:23:22 +0000
schrieb Gareth Evans via mailop <[email protected]>:

> I am curious about the exact mechanism of PTR checks, and couldn't
> find it in RFC5321 so presume it's not actually part of SMTP.

Most server require that the PTR points to a domain name like
mail.example.org and that has the corresponding A/AAAA records that
point to the IP address.

E.g.
3.2.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.
IN PTR mail.example.org

mail.example.org IN AAAA 2001:db8::123

IIRC the SMTP standard doesn't require that, but many dialup/home users
don't have that and they were often used to send spam, so MTAs like
sendmail offer a feature to check the PTR and reject connections that
don't have a matching PTR.
Most bigger mail server want a proper PTR.

Let your ISP delegate the reverse zone for your IP ranges to your DNS
server or let them set the PTRs you want.
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