On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> > host 66.251.54.6
> > 6.54.251.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer outbox2.onceanddone.com.
> >
> > host outbox2.onceanddone.com
> > outbox2.onceanddone.com has address 66.251.51.6
> >
> > host 66.251.51.6
> > Host 6.51.251.66.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
[snip..]
> > Looks like a mistake by whoever configured their DNS.
> >
> > Mistakes happen (wich is why I've lowered the score here).
> >
> > > What should I do in the long term?
> >
> > > - Send a nastygram to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Why not a nice mail pointing out the mistake (a "1" instead of a
> > "4") in their reverse DNS config (unless something indicates that
> > the error is intentional)?
>
> Yeah, I didn't really mean a nasty nastygram, more of an
> aw_nuts_gram. But I wanted to get a sanity check (I failed :-) before
> I shot my mouth, er keyboard, off. I'll send him a heads-up.
Rather than sending your note to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" send it
to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Those are the maintainer
e-mail addresses from the DNS SOA records for the onceanddone.com
and 51.251.66.in-addr.arpa zones respectively. They are the people
who purportedly claim responsibility for those DNS zones.
Dave
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