set up correct ip address for mail server

[Chris Fortune]

My mail server has a different ip address than my web page. Some SMTP hosts
are now bouncing my messages, complaining that the sender IP is "forged"
because the reverse lookup doesn't resolve properly. I asked my hosting
provider to create a PTR record in their DNS records, but either they didn't
do it or it didn't work. Was that the right thing to do? Can I do
something else? I have root priveleges. Any suggestions??

[Barry Margolin]

In article <YYULc.108005$eO.54185@edtnps89>,
"Chris Fortune" <hey.spammer...just.get@job.org> wrote:

> My mail server has a different ip address than my web page. Some SMTP hosts
> are now bouncing my messages, complaining that the sender IP is "forged"
> because the reverse lookup doesn't resolve properly. I asked my hosting
> provider to create a PTR record in their DNS records, but either they didn't
> do it or it didn't work. Was that the right thing to do? Can I do
> something else? I have root priveleges. Any suggestions??

This most likely has to be done correctly by your DNS provider. What's
the IP of your mail server?

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Barry Margolin, [email]barmar@alum.mit.edu[/email]
Arlington, MA
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