Help With Home Server

[Jay]

Thanks for all the tips... no doubt I'll have more questions along the way
:-)

Jay
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Brockway" <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Help With Home Server


> On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Keith Mastin wrote:
>
> > > I also asked istop to change from jay.tor.istop.com to
> > > hostname.domain.ca
> >
> > Good. More and more mail servers are insisting on it.
>
> Yes, this is a good point that I forgot to mention in my previous email.
> If the box is going to act as a mail server then having the reverse lookup
> match for the forward is virtually a must.  Thanks to the spammers most
> MTAs (Mail Transport Agents) are now really careful on this point.  Many
> MTAs will advise when the forward & reverse lookups do not match on mail
> they receive (or if there is no reverse) and some may even silently drop
> the mail (although this is dangerous as much mail will be lost this way).
>
> For those wondering, configuring the dns in this way is not incompatible
> with an MTA handling mail for many domains, the MX just needs to be set to
> match the reverse lookup for the machine.  Machines listed as MXs for the
> domain need not be in that domain afterall.
>
> Rob
>
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