Kevin
Thu Nov 20 14:48:19 CST 2003
In news:uHomgU6rDHA.3224@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Applebaum <mapplenospam@inchnospam.com> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
> (sorry for the double-post)
> This is a followup to my previous post. I was wondering if the
> problem might be related to the recent installation of Symantec Mail
> Security. Or does the Reverse DNS Lookup test reveal the problem:
>
> We cannot send email to Yahoo, AOL or Hotmail. We have a Small
> Business Server 2000, Exchange has SP3.
>
> I do a Reverse DNS lookup at
http://www.dnsstuff.com/ (cool site!), it
> returns:
>
> *ERROR* A record does not point back to original IP.
>
> Is that a problem? Is that THE problem?
>
> Many thanks in advance!!!
>
> Matthew
You need to contact your ISP about this, they own the IP addresses and
unless they have delegated the reverse lookup zone to you, they will need to
create the correct PTR records.
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Best regards,
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