David C. Rankin wrote: > Marcin Floryan wrote: >> On 17/01/2008, David C. Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Ken Schneider wrote: >> >>> No, this is just another of my anal retentive moments where >>> I can't >>> understand why my machine wants to ssh out to the world as >>> mail.3111skyline.com. It's another of my inquisitively stupid "Why?" >>> questions. I mean, what logic on the box looks to bind dns and says, "I >>> want to be known as mail today? Hell, why not nemesis.3111skyline.com, >>> it real name? (Ur, Umm, the name of the box is probably at fault) I >>> should have called the son-of-a-bitch accommodating.3111skyline.com and >>> I wouldn't have to put up with this stuff. >>> >>> I know it doesn't matter, but why? >> >> It is simply a problem of incorrectly configured reverse DNS for the >> domain. A lookup for 66.76.63.120 yields mail.3111skyline.com. If mail >> and nemesis are on machine as it seems to be I would also consider >> using CNAME. >> >> Regards, > > Ahah! lightbulb on, it's my upstream dns making the call, but same > problem there. My upstream dns is: > > 3111skyline.com A 66.76.63.120 > ftp.3111skyline.com CNAME 3111skyline.com > nemesis.3111skyline.com CNAME 3111skyline.com > www.3111skyline.com CNAME 3111skyline.com > mail.3111skyline.com MX 3111skyline.com - priority: 10 > > Is it a coin toss for them as well? > No, it's whatever is the default name.
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