gethostbyaddr Error

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mon Jan 8 23:19:32 UTC 2001


	Complain to your ISP that the dialup (or whatever it) pool
	does not have reverse entries in the DNS.

	Mark

> The following error occurs in /var/log/maillog:
> 
> sendmail[32602]: gethostbyaddr(204.118.157.122) failed: 1
> 
> Because I'm connected to an ISP, the last set of numbers (after
> the last period) change with every ISP connection, so how can I
> put a generic entry in DNS?  The host is either mail.aculink.net
> or aculink.net . . . I just don't know which is more appropriate
> or standardization.
> 
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> *********************************************************************
> Signed,
> SoloCDM
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
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