Hello all,
I have been running a personal email server for 30 years. It keeps getting more and more of a PITA. I have a set of fixed IP's from Sonic.
The problem appears to be that sonic, who I use for my DNS service for my two domains, uses a generic PTR that does not match my domain names.
Craigslist will now not route any emails from our email server.
Sonic tells me it is my problem. Nice that I am paying for a service that does not work with on of the major domains in the USA (Craigslist) and they refuse to help.
My question is has anyone figured out a way to get their DNS records hosted at Sonic to actually have a PTR that shows their domain so it is not "generic".
I like the fact that all our email flows to my hall closet and is not sitting even for a minute on someone else's server. But I fear between Dane's choice to not support fixed IP on fiber (My wife wants to stream and cannot on ADSL) and the more restrictive polices on email like Craigslist is implementing... I will be forced to give up my home server after three decades.
I find all this somewhat interesting at a philosophical level as people talk about Net Neutrality in the board rooms at Sonic and yet they systematically do things that make it hard to impossible for the little guys. In free speech we talk about protecting the little guys with a nasty message as it protects all. In ISP infrastructure it is all about protecting the market share of the business while giving lip service to the little guy.
If anyone has a technical solution to my Generic DNS issue, without having to forward to Sonic my outbound mail for delivery, please let me know.
Thanks, James
I have been running a personal email server for 30 years. It keeps getting more and more of a PITA. I have a set of fixed IP's from Sonic.
The problem appears to be that sonic, who I use for my DNS service for my two domains, uses a generic PTR that does not match my domain names.
Craigslist will now not route any emails from our email server.
Sonic tells me it is my problem. Nice that I am paying for a service that does not work with on of the major domains in the USA (Craigslist) and they refuse to help.
My question is has anyone figured out a way to get their DNS records hosted at Sonic to actually have a PTR that shows their domain so it is not "generic".
I like the fact that all our email flows to my hall closet and is not sitting even for a minute on someone else's server. But I fear between Dane's choice to not support fixed IP on fiber (My wife wants to stream and cannot on ADSL) and the more restrictive polices on email like Craigslist is implementing... I will be forced to give up my home server after three decades.
I find all this somewhat interesting at a philosophical level as people talk about Net Neutrality in the board rooms at Sonic and yet they systematically do things that make it hard to impossible for the little guys. In free speech we talk about protecting the little guys with a nasty message as it protects all. In ISP infrastructure it is all about protecting the market share of the business while giving lip service to the little guy.
If anyone has a technical solution to my Generic DNS issue, without having to forward to Sonic my outbound mail for delivery, please let me know.
Thanks, James