[PLUG] Sendmail and DNS checks

[Paul Heinlein]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Keith Nasman wrote:

> when I run host www.xxx.yyy.zzz on the server I get:
> zzz.yyy.xxx.www.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
> gw.domain.com.zzz.yyy.xxx.www.in-addr.arpa.
>
> and on another machine I get:
> zzz.yyy.xxx.www.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
> name.dsl.pdx.spiretech.com.

The response you get on the server is incorrect, and almost certainly
the source of your problems. Unless you're running a split-personality
BIND and Mike R. suggested, the responses should be identical.
Something is amiss with the DNS setup on the server.

-- Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>