On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:08:51 -0600
Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> wrote:

> 
> > On Dec 20, 2022, at 9:08 AM, Janos Dohanics <w...@3dresearch.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > ?Hello,
> > 
> > I have asked my customer's ISP to set reverse DNS as
> > "smtp.customer.com" for the IP address the ISP newly assigned to
> > them.
> > 
> > They set the reverse DNS as "customer.com", which will pass the
> > requirement set by the restriction
> > "reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname" or similar restrictions
> > used by other MTAs.
> > 
> > Can I assume that this is "good enough" or should I pester the ISP
> > to have "smtp.customer.com" set?
> > 
> > Would you please advise?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Janos Dohanics
> 
> The goal is to have a matching PTR and A record. If you are able to
> have an A record of customer.com pointing to only that IP address,
> then you can use it as is. If the customer has multiple IPs,
> particularly if they have a web server on a different IP, then you?ll
> need to get this corrected.
> 
>   ? Noel Jones

Thanks for your reply; I have asked the ISP to correct the record and
they did.

-- 
Janos Dohanics

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