Different Reverse for Forward?

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 03:28:05AM -0700, Shaheen wrote:
> 
> East Village wrote:
> 
> > So:
> > ns1.nameserver.com = 1.2.3.4 (my DNS server)
> > 1.2.3.4 = www.example.com (my ISP DNS server)
> .
> 
> when sending e-mail make sure that the @domain corresponds with the
> reverse lookup
> 
> IE/ test at example.com from [1.2.3.4]
> [4.3.2.1] = example.com

Not necessary.  What if this machine had more than one e-mail domain
coming from it?  Besides which, the reverse should be the host name, not
the domain name.  For many other reasons, this is not good advice.

-- 
Joe Yao
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