On 2025-06-09 at 13:13:39 UTC-0400 (Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:13:39 +0000)
Slavko via Exim-users <li...@slavino.sk>
is rumored to have said:

> Dňa 9. júna 2025 12:47:41 UTC používateľ Bill Cole via Exim-users 
> <exim-users@lists.exim.org> napísal:
>
>>
>> [...]
>>> dig -t ptr 8.8.8.8
>>>
>>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>>> ;8.8.8.8.                       IN      PTR
>>
>> That's a query for a PTR record with the *NAME* 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. It 
>> will ask whatever nameserver you have configured for the system.
>
> No, it is query for PTR record with NAME 8.8.8.8 (without
> in-addr.arpa).

Correct.

dig(1) needs the full name or "-x" while host(1) treats the qualification as 
implied by a 4-octet argument.


-- 
Bill Cole

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