rDNS problem ?

[Kevin Darcy]

You've made localhost.{domain} resolve to multiple addresses. I doubt 
that was your intent.

                                                                         
                     - Kevin

Bill.Light at kp.org wrote:
> Thanks Mark -
> I thought I did that with the following in each db.xxxx  file:
>
> ;
> ; Host Addresses:
> ;
> localhost                       IN A            127.0.0.1
>                                 IN A            66.124.156.123
>
>
> It is in EVERY one of each of zone files...
>
> Except  db.light-family.com   itself, which has:
>
> ; Host Addresses:
> ;
> localhost               IN A            127.0.0.1
> dns1                    IN A            66.124.156.123
> mail                    IN A            66.124.156.123
>
> because I don't want   dns1.hall-brothers.com & mail.hall-brothers.com, 
> because light-family.com is supposed to be the "head honcho"
>
> Bill
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>
>
> Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> 
> Sent by: bind-users-bounce at isc.org
> 07/30/07 03:14 PM
>
> To
> Bill Light/CA/KAIPERM at KAIPERM
> cc
> bind-users at isc.org
> Subject
> Re: rDNS problem ?
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>   
>> I host an apache server with multiple low-volume family web-sites for 
>>     
> mail 
>   
>> and family pictures, etc.
>> I thought I had everything squared away for the last year or so, but my 
>> youngest is trying to reply to craigslist here in the San Francisco area 
>>     
>
>   
>> and gets a returned mail message:
>>
>>                         The Postfix program
>>
>> <comm-380120213 at craigslist.org>: host 
>>     
> mxi4s.craigslist.org[66.150.243.11] 
>   
>> said:
>>     554 <unknown[66.124.156.123]>: Client host rejected: rDNS/DNS 
>> validation
>>     failed. Please setup matching DNS and rDNS records:
>>     http://bind8nt.meiway.com/itsaDNSmess.cfm (in reply to RCPT TO 
>> command)
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>> Is it really DNS or do I go looking at my postfix configuration? 
>> version.bind    text = "9.2.4"
>>
>> He is sending from username at hall-brothers.com, and mail should be 
>>     
> handled 
>   
>> by mail.light-family.com
>>
>> Where do I go looking?
>>     
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>                  I suggest that you make sure that *every* PTR record has 
> a
>                  corresponding A record or that the PTR record is removed.
>
>                  Mark
>
> drugs:marka 08:09 {417} % dig -x 66.124.156.123
> ;; Truncated, retrying in TCP mode.
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> -x 66.124.156.123
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37725
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 19, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;123.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa.   IN      PTR
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 123.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 7199 IN    CNAME 
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   hysl.org.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   mail.light-family.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   valrey.net.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   cakables.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   miss-light.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   abcshirtusa.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   siteviewing.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   siteviewing.net.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   soccer-mail.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   abcshirtsusa.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   light-family.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   showshirtusa.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   hall-brothers.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   nopeakerplant.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   showshirtsusa.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   friedrich-family.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   www.light-family.com.
> 123.120.156.124.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR   dns1.light-family.com.
>
> ;; Query time: 12 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
> ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 31 08:10:08 2007
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 520
>
> drugs:marka 08:10 {418} % dig hysl.org | grep 66.124.156.123
> drugs:marka 08:10 {419} % dig mail.light-family.com | grep 66.124.156.123
> mail.light-family.com.  7200    IN      A       66.124.156.123
> drugs:marka 08:10 {420} % dig valrey.net | grep 66.124.156.123
> drugs:marka 08:11 {421} % dig cakables.com | grep 66.124.156.123
> drugs:marka 08:11 {422} % dig miss-light.com | grep 66.124.156.123
> miss-light.com.         7200    IN      A       66.124.156.123
> drugs:marka 08:11 {423} % dig abcshirtusa.com | grep 66.124.156.123
> drugs:marka 08:11 {424} % 
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