Search Again: Re: Reverse Records From: Men & Mice Support Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 Time: 5:46:00 am >Now - I downloaded DNS Expert and ran it on my hosted domains (I only have >a handful) and I get the errors regarding reverse records do not match the >domain name but rather my provider US West. >So if you can refresh my memory on what I need to ask US West to do. You already have a reverse zone file (with a missing period on the end of one of the records). Just ask US West to change their PTR records for your addresses to match the ones you already have. Don't tell them that you have a reverse zone file - that might confuse the issue. Instead, just copy the 5 PTR records out of your reverse file and mail them to your US West representative, along with the request that these records be implemented. >That will be the easy part - getting them to do it may be another story. I >am planning on switching providers in the next few months to a faster >connection. If it takes US West awhile to do what they are suppose to do, >which is very typical - how is this affecting me. Everything seems to be >working ok as is. For the most part, PTR records aren't important for a server. The exception is a mail server - the PTR record should match the default name of the mail server (as specified in the mail server preferences). There should also be an A record by that name which resolves to the address in question. If/when you change IP addresses, you'll have to go through this all over again. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice cbuxton@menandmice.com http://www.menandmice.com

Messages In This Thread: Reverse Records by Tony on Aug 23, 1999 at 4:31:00 pm Re: Reverse Records by Men & Mice Support on Aug 24, 1999 at 5:46:00 am Reverse Records by David Reynolds on Feb 2, 2001 at 9:09:00 pm Re: Reverse Records by Men & Mice Support on Feb 2, 2001 at 9:21:39 pm Reverse Records by mrkshrt@transparentsolutions.com on Sep 17, 2001 at 3:22:36 pm Re: Reverse Records by Men & Mice Support on Sep 17, 2001 at 3:29:20 pm reverse records by Peter Duchateau on Feb 20, 2002 at 9:14:04 am Re: reverse records by Global Homes Webmaster on Feb 20, 2002 at 9:26:16 am