Re: Problems with PTR format in reverse lookup

In article <cjbjr3$1oeg$1@sf1.isc.org>, "ntuser" <ntuser@terra.com.br>

wrote:

> I?m having problems with spam blocklists due my PTR format in
reverse
> lookups.
> I have the following configurarion:
>
> /etc/named.conf
> zone "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa" IN {
> type master;
> file "file.rev";
> };
>
> /var/named/file.rev
> $TTL 3600
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA ns1.XXX.com. srv1.XXX.com.
(
> 2004092805 ; Serial
> 36000 ; Refresh
> 14400 ; Retry
> 3600000 ; Expire
> 86400 ) ; Minimum
> IN NS ns1.XXX.com.
> IN NS ns2.XXX.com.
> ;
> 1 PTR srv1.XXX.com
> 2 PTR srv2.XXX.com
>
>
> The reverse lookup return, for example,
> srv1.XXX.com.XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa instead of just
srv1.XXX.com
> The spam blocklist are considering that I have a MTA under a dynamic
ip due
> the format of this lookup.
>
> How can I change it ?

In addition to Barry Margolin's reply, I have this:

> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA ns1.XXX.com. srv1.XXX.com. (

That zone name should be

XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa.

if you have the full /24 subnet. There is no such IP address

1.XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa.

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