Re: reverse lookups [was Re: Release page review / comments, plu
Jay wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:51:49PM -0700, Claus Assmann wrote:
>
>>The (static) IPv4 address of my computer is 63.195.85.27 which maps
>>to adsl-63-195-85-27.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net
>>Forward and reverse lookup match; sendmail will not complain about
>>the mapping (BTW: I'm the sendmail maintainer, so I know a bit about
>>MTAs and anti-spam measures... and as I run the next generation of
>>sendmail on my system I won't use some external "smart host".)
>
>
> You need an in-addr.arpa delegation. Then you can make the appropriate
> entries in your DNS server. Unfortunately, I rate the chances of
> pacbell delegating a DSL user a reverse zone about zero.
>
Nowhere near that high ;-)
Bill