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
## Prerequistes
none
Co-authored-by: Michael Wyraz <michael@wyraz.de>
Co-authored-by: micw <michael@wyraz.de>
@ -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.
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.