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Dave Warren
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      10-14-2010
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<3d5c50dc-4b7b-4858-84e4-> Mike
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>Running SBS 2008. I have had no problems sending mail until ISP
>changed IP addresses.
>Now I can't send to aol, rr, & others, because I show no reverse DNS
>records.
>ISP says they can't do it, Network SOlutions says they can't - who can
>& how?
>Can I add a test record to my DNS at network solutions?


Only your ISP (or more specifically, your IP supplier, but this is
normally the ISP) can create PTR (reverse DNS) records.
 
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      10-15-2010
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<eae08123-92be-4b57-801a-> Mike
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>On Oct 14, 3:25*pm, Dave Warren <dave-use...@djwcomputers.com> wrote:
>> In message
>> <3d5c50dc-4b7b-4858-84e4-32be6de5d...@z25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> Mike
>> <texan...@hotmail.com> was claimed to have wrote:
>>
>> >Running SBS 2008. I have had no problems sending mail until ISP
>> >changed IP addresses.
>> >Now I can't send to aol, rr, & others, because I show no reverse DNS
>> >records.
>> >ISP says they can't do it, Network SOlutions says they can't - who can
>> >& how?
>> >Can I add a test record to my DNS at network solutions?

>>
>> Only your ISP (or more specifically, your IP supplier, but this is
>> normally the ISP) can create PTR (reverse DNS) records.

>
>What puzzles me is why is this an issue now?
>I've had the same ISP for the past several years & have never had this
>problem.
>Last week they said they had to give me new IP addresses as part of an
>upgrade to their network & ever since then, I've had this prooblem.
>Let me try their tech support again - it wouldn't be the first time I
>got an incorrect answer from a TS guy...


The problem is likely that the new IPs have missing or incorrect PTRs
whereas the old IPs likely had correct PTRs.
 
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