Hi
I run a Windows web server hosted with One and One to provide hosting for my web design clients
I use MailEnable for my mail server (mail.vtsdesign.co.uk)
95% of my mail gets delivered ok but the other 5% gets bounced back by various filters
I tried digging about to find anwers why certain mail servers rejected mail from my server and got this answer from one person
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You are in a spammy netblock and your IP address has a PTR record that fits the regular expression used by many mail systems (including ours) to reject mail from unnamed, generic, and dynamic sources. Your IP address appears to be part of such a
dynamic/generic/un- named class C. Since over 1/3 of all spam comes from such sources, rejection based on this criteria is not likely to
ever change.
Your mail host must have a unique non-script generated PTR record.
If you wish to send email from this host, then you should either use your ISP's smart host or contact your ISP and have a distinguishing PTR record entered for your static IP address. A PTR record for
11.22.33.44 of 11-22-33-44.some.provider.com or a similar alphanumeric script generated reverse entry do not qualify for
removal.
Either route your outbound mail through your ISP's smart host or let us know when your mail host has been provisioned with a distinguishing PTR record.
script generated / generic PTR record
87.106.28.18 s15279763.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.20 s15225086.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.23 s15225089.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.25 s15225091.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.29 s15225095.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.31 s15225097.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.32 s15225098.onlinehome-server.info (yours)
87.106.28.33 s15250849.onlinehome-server.info
example distinguishing PTR records in this netblock
87.106.28.2 87.106.28.9 sk-net-media.com
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So the question is how do I go about setting a distinguishing PTR record
Is this something that I can add to the dns record for vtsdesign.co.uk (I can add Ptr records myself) and if so what should it look like.
Any help on this would be gratefully appreciated.
Mark
I run a Windows web server hosted with One and One to provide hosting for my web design clients
I use MailEnable for my mail server (mail.vtsdesign.co.uk)
95% of my mail gets delivered ok but the other 5% gets bounced back by various filters
I tried digging about to find anwers why certain mail servers rejected mail from my server and got this answer from one person
--------------------------------------------------------
You are in a spammy netblock and your IP address has a PTR record that fits the regular expression used by many mail systems (including ours) to reject mail from unnamed, generic, and dynamic sources. Your IP address appears to be part of such a
dynamic/generic/un- named class C. Since over 1/3 of all spam comes from such sources, rejection based on this criteria is not likely to
ever change.
Your mail host must have a unique non-script generated PTR record.
If you wish to send email from this host, then you should either use your ISP's smart host or contact your ISP and have a distinguishing PTR record entered for your static IP address. A PTR record for
11.22.33.44 of 11-22-33-44.some.provider.com or a similar alphanumeric script generated reverse entry do not qualify for
removal.
Either route your outbound mail through your ISP's smart host or let us know when your mail host has been provisioned with a distinguishing PTR record.
script generated / generic PTR record
87.106.28.18 s15279763.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.20 s15225086.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.23 s15225089.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.25 s15225091.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.29 s15225095.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.31 s15225097.onlinehome-server.info
87.106.28.32 s15225098.onlinehome-server.info (yours)
87.106.28.33 s15250849.onlinehome-server.info
example distinguishing PTR records in this netblock
87.106.28.2 87.106.28.9 sk-net-media.com
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So the question is how do I go about setting a distinguishing PTR record
Is this something that I can add to the dns record for vtsdesign.co.uk (I can add Ptr records myself) and if so what should it look like.
Any help on this would be gratefully appreciated.
Mark