Re: what is up with the PG mailing lists?

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:37:18 -0400 Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> - --On Tuesday, November 06, 2007 21:33:08 +0100 Magnus Hagander
> <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>
> > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >>
> >> 'k, I'm confused ... the only name that should be referenced in any config
> >> file is maia.hub.org, which breaks down as:
> >>
> >> Name: maia.hub.org
> >> Address: 200.46.204.184
> >> Name: maia.hub.org
> >> Address: 200.46.204.183
> >>
> >> So, how/where are ppl seeing 200.46.204.187 :(
> >
> > dig -x 200.46.204.187
> >
> > returns
> > 187.204.46.200.in-addr.arpa. 18000 IN PTR maia-2.hub.org.
> >
> > Similar for -1.
>
> Right, and?

ads(at)iridium:/home/ads > dig -x maia-2.hub.org.
dig: '.org.hub.maia-2.in-addr.arpa.' is not a legal name (empty label)

And where this came from?

Nov 1 20:30:53 base postfix/smtpd[11763]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 200.46.204.187: address not listed for hostname maia-2.hub.org
Nov 1 20:30:54 base postfix/smtpd[11763]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[200.46.204.187]: 450 <maia-2.hub.org>: Helo command rejected: Host not found; from=<pgsql-committers-owner+M30281(at)postgresql(dot)org> to=<adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de> proto=ESMTP helo=<maia-2.hub.org>

a) the ip-address has an invalid (missing) ptr record
b) this server is knowing itself by maia-2.hub.org, which cannot resolved
(but matches the invalid ptr record)

Bye

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