BT reverse ptr records

[Barry Margolin]

In article <d8kfmq$e0p$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "C" <c at co.com> wrote:

> Hi
> hope this is the best group to post this in
> 
> i have just moved over our office to BT from easynet
> 
> with easynet we had our dns setup so we could run a mail server from the 
> office.   the domain had a sub domain 'mail.mydom.com' and easynet setup a 
> reverse record for this as well
> 
> since moving to BT we have the same setup internally, however BT will not 
> change their reverse dns ptr/in-addr records to match our domain and i am 

They should probably delegate the reverse DNS for your whole subnet to 
your DNS servers.

> worried that this will lead to mail being returned because the reverse lookup 
> does not match the domain it comes from 
> 
> is this true and if so how can i get round this

Yes, it's true.  I think BT is being ridiculous.  I can't believe that 
an enterprise Internet connection would not include reverse DNS 
delegation.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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