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How to configure Reverse DNS for mail server configurations?
Query as below:
I deployed an Instance over the Oracle cloud also established our demo email server, I need to registered Reverse DNS according to below details, just let me know What would be the process & how I can register self?
IP - 132.145.147.244 to be point pmspost.com
Kindly advise the best possible way to proceed. Thanks.
Best Answer
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PTR records for IP addresses can be maintained only by the owner of the IP address. In case this 132.145.147.244 is a static IP address, you refer to the owner of it, usually your ISP, and request to create a PTR record for it, pointing at your domain.
For more detailed information see https://help.dyn.com/setting-up-reverse-dns/
Answers
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PTR records for IP addresses can be maintained only by the owner of the IP address. In case this 132.145.147.244 is a static IP address, you refer to the owner of it, usually your ISP, and request to create a PTR record for it, pointing at your domain.
For more detailed information see https://help.dyn.com/setting-up-reverse-dns/
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Hello, I cross by this answer because I am in exactly same position "I deployed an Instance over the Oracle cloud also established our demo email server, I need to registered Reverse DNS to be able to send mail without be bblocked or considered as a spamer"
As I am using oracle cloud instante as my mail server ( I suppose that oracle is the ISP).How can I registered Reverse DNS (I tried oracle documentation but didn't find anything related)
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I'm not an expert on OCI, but who or what tells you that you need Reverse DNS? If this Oracle Cloud instance appears with a static IP address, then I see no need to have a Reverse DNS entry. Your mail will not be blocked or considered spam.
Further, with using OCI you are better to use email delivery (https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Email/Concepts/overview.htm) for sending email.
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Hi @4268745,
Here is the documentation for setting up reverse DNS zones using OCI DNS - https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/DNS/Tasks/reversedns.htm?Highlight=email%20delivery%20reverse%20dns
If you have a link for the documentation you are reading that says you need to set up reverse DNS I'd love for you to share it.
Mike
Oracle + Dyn
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Sorry for stepping into this discussion, but since I'm in the same situation I'll add what I know. There are some mail providers, for example Tiscali, that block emails coming from mail servers for which there isn't a PTR record. This is the reason why I'm trying to set up a PTR record for my mail server. Now I just tried configuring the records using Oracle's DNS service, I'll let you know if this works. I didn't find any documentation regarding PTR records from Oracle's IPs too.
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I tried setting the PTR record inside Oracle's DNS service and I can confirm that doesn't work. Out of frustration I created a free mail account for my project and gave up, for now, the idea to have a personal mail server. If I'll try again in the future, I'll use Google Cloud or Digitalocean, I saw that both have documentation that explains how to set up a PTR record to their IPs.
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If you are using a compute instance on OCI and you want (or need) to have a reverse DNS setup for your compute instance you need only follow the instructions here. Note: this is only available for paid accounts; it is not available for customers on a free tier or trial account.