Postfix and PTR record issues

arnaud gaboury arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com
Wed Feb 10 09:03:14 UTC 2016


On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 09 February 2016, arnaud gaboury sent:
>
>> When looking at my DNS provider (Hurricane Electric), I effectively
>> have no PTR record. I must set one but honestly, I am far from
>> understanding everything about PTR.
>
> Unless you have a unique IP, one that's always assigned solely to you,

That is the case. My IP is fixed and dedicated to me.


> your ISP is unlikely to set a PTR record for you.  Usually, they share
> addresses, one way or another (e.g. dynamic IPs) between their users,
> and PTRs point to their own hostnames.
>
> --
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
> Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64
>
> Boilerplate:  All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is
> no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages
> posted to the mailing list.
>
>
> --
> users mailing list
> users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org



-- 

google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx


More information about the users mailing list