Re: [cobalt-users] Mail server host name problem

["Rick Highness" <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> When I use www.dnsreport.com on hisdomaingoeshere.com, I get this message:
>
> WARNING: One or more of your mailservers claims to be a host other than
what
> it really is (the SMTP greeting should be a 3-digit code, followed by a
space
> or a dash, then the host name). This probably won't cause any harm, but is
a
> technical violation of RFC821 4.3.
>
> mail.hisdomaingoeshere.com claims to be host www.highness.com.
>
> What do I need to do to get his domain to be authenticated on my Cobalt?

What do you get when you issue;
dig -x ip.add.re.ss

Sounds like reverse is not working (gethostbyaddr())

This is what is returned:

> When I use www.dnsreport.com on hisdomaingoeshere.com, I get this message:
>
> WARNING: One or more of your mailservers claims to be a host other than
what
> it really is (the SMTP greeting should be a 3-digit code, followed by a
space
> or a dash, then the host name). This probably won't cause any harm, but is
a
> technical violation of RFC821 4.3.
>
> mail.hisdomaingoeshere.com claims to be host www.highness.com.
>
> What do I need to do to get his domain to be authenticated on my Cobalt?

What do you get when you issue;
dig -x ip.add.re.ss

Sounds like reverse is not working (gethostbyaddr())


Here is what I get:

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> -x 67.114.206.90
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30417
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;90.206.114.67.in-addr.arpa.    IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
90.206.114.67.in-addr.arpa. 7200 IN     PTR
adsl-67-114-206-90.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
206.114.67.in-addr.arpa. 172800 IN      NS      ns1.pbi.net.
206.114.67.in-addr.arpa. 172800 IN      NS      ns2.pbi.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.pbi.net.            172800  IN      A       206.13.28.11
ns2.pbi.net.            172800  IN      A       206.13.29.11

;; Query time: 81 msec
;; SERVER: 206.13.31.12#53(206.13.31.12)
;; WHEN: Sun Aug 31 10:09:09 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 171