Re: [exim] [OT] CNAME in PTR record is invalid?

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Autor: Evgeniy Berdnikov
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Temat: Re: [exim] [OT] CNAME in PTR record is invalid?
On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 09:42:56AM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> They refuse to accept mails from our systems:
>
>     SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection:
>     host mx01.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.191]: 554-kundenserver.de (mxeue006) Nemesis ESMTP Service not available
>     554-No SMTP service
>     554 invalid DNS PTR resource record, IP=212.80.235.156

...
> Is there anybody with any good idea?


I'm sure that kundenserver.de uses self-written poor software
that can't handle CNAMEs on PTRs. Proof:

554-kundenserver.de (mxeue005) Nemesis ESMTP Service not available
554-No SMTP service
554 invalid DNS PTR resource record, IP=91.207.115.113

554-kundenserver.de (mxeue003) Nemesis ESMTP Service not available
554-No SMTP service
554 invalid DNS PTR resource record, IP=80.252.139.1

554-kundenserver.de (mxeue005) Nemesis ESMTP Service not available
554-No SMTP service
554 invalid DNS PTR resource record, IP=62.176.2.83

Standart resolver libraries in popular OSes are capable for this
feature since millenium, or even 1996-1997... Nowadays only
self-written resolver could be confused by CNAME. :) I think
this behaviour contradicts common practice, so this is a bug.
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Eugene Berdnikov