[TriLUG] DNS Questions / Help

[Lisa C. Boyd]

Aaron S. Joyner wrote:
> Unless I missed it in the thread some where, you haven't said what 
> domain you're actually checking up on, so it's hard to know if the 
> above output is correct.  Hypothetically, if your MX record points to 
> mail.example.com but you connect to that server and it says it's 
> spunkymail-a5.dreamhost.com, you should change your MX record so that 
> it says your pointing to spunkymail-a5.dreamhost.com.  That's roughly 
> what the original message was complaining about, if my understanding 
> is correct.  As the message said though, it's just a warning, and 
> isn't at all uncommon to have an MX record pointing to the A record 
> "mail.example.com", which is in fact something like 
> captnkirk.example.com, and responds as such in its connection 
> greeting.  Whether you can control it or not, wether you choose to 
> change your MX or not, this one isn't worth loosing any sleep over.

Ok :) I'm just dealing with a "concerned" client who wants to know why 
everything from dnsreport.com isn't coming up roses.

original domain checking: authentic-alternatives.com 
(mail.authentic-alternatives.com)
reply from telnet: 220 spunkymail-a5.dreamhost.com ESMTP

I think I'm just going to try and fluff this one off. Like you say - no 
reason in losing sleep :)
Lisa B.