1253: Document reverse DNS setup recommendations r=hoellen a=micw

## What type of PR?

documentation

## What does this PR do?

Add docs about setting up reverse DNS

### Related issue(s)
- closes #1252

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Co-authored-by: Michael Wyraz <michael@wyraz.de>
Co-authored-by: micw <michael@wyraz.de>
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@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ And for another domain, ``myotherdomain.com`` for example:
Note that both point to the same mail server hostname, which is unique to your server.
Reverse DNS entries
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For a mail system, it's higly recommended to set up reverse DNS as well. That means, if your hostname
``mail.mydomain.com`` resolves to ``a.b.c.d``, the IP ``a.b.c.d`` should also resolve back to the same hostname.
You can verify this with
.. code-block:: bash
nslookup a.b.c.d
Reverse DNS must be set up by the "owner" of the IP address which is usually your hosting provider. You can look it up with ``whois a.b.c.d`` in most cases.
With incorrect reverse DNS setup, most mail systems will reject your emails as spam.
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