On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 09:12:25AM -0400, Jan Knepper wrote:
> OK, but what would that mean to the config files?
You'd have to recreate them. djbdns config files are much, much simpler
than bind's.
Unfortunately, that also means that they're different.
On the positive side, creating all the config files you need for djbdns
is about as hard as creating the reverse zone files you need for your
ptr records. On the negative side, you'll have to do a bit more work
up front, to install djbdns and daemontools. On the positive side,
you'll be saving yourself a lot of work in the long run.
If you don't want to install djbdns (and there's a mailing list for that:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]), what you have to do with bind is create
another zone (or perhaps multiple zones) for your ptr entries, and
populate it with ptr records. Your bind docs should tell you the details.
[Final aside: ptr records can [but don't have to] give identifying
information, but the real reason that some won't accept mail from a
machine without ptr records is that you have to know a little bit about
how dns works before you set them up. And, lots of spammers don't know
how about dns. So, basically, they're an acid test that some spammers
don't pass.]
--
Raul
