Re: [binc] Reverse DNS for list server

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Anders la Cour Bentzon wrote:
>Hello,
>It appears the Binc mailing list server doesn't have a properly
>configured reverse record:
>acb@illyria:/$ host mx0.andreas.hanssen.name
>mx0.andreas.hanssen.name has address 217.144.230.29
>acb@illyria:/$ host 217.144.230.29
>Host 29.230.144.217.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>Mailing list matter seems to originate from 217.144.230.29.
>Please note that RFC 1912 recommends reverse records for all IP
>addresses ("For every IP address, there should be a matching PTR
>record in the in-addr.arpa domain.").
>I hope this will be fixed soon.

I'm sorry, but it will not be fixed. Binc's mailing list is served from a
server that already has another reverse mapping. But this is perfectly
fine; the RFC uses "should" and not "must" for this reason.

Andy :-)

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