Server Hostname point to two different ips

[dolomats]

Hello.

I have a Hostname host.example.com that point to two different IPS to fix the PTR issue " SMTP Reverse DNS Mismatch", .

So my question is: Is it OK to have the Hostname of my server pointing to two different ips ? I wont have some conflict later ?

Thanks

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! Any A record on the internet should only point to one location, so you'll likely run into trouble later. You should not need to do that to fix a reverse DNS issue, so I'd recommend changing the shared IP of the server to be the IP address you want setup in rDNS:

https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/360052890534-How-to-change-the-shared-IP

Can you try that and see if that gets things working how you expect?

 

[dolomats]

cPanel: How to send mails through domain IP - SupportSages

Reverse DNS must be Setup to mail.mydomaineexemple.ma

disable the following option:

Editing /etc/mailhelo
and replace your mydomaineexemple with ur domaine


/etc/mailips should be already like that if not then add ur domaine:



How to check it ?

 

[cPRex]

Are you asking how to check if the reverse DNS is configured properly? If so, there are several online tools that perform DNS testing, but you can also run this command from a machine outside of your server:

dig -x 1.2.3.4

where "1.2.3.4" is the IP address you're checking. If properly setup, you should get the hostname in response.

 

[dolomats]

Are you asking how to check if the reverse DNS is configured properly? If so, there are several online tools that perform DNS testing, but you can also run this command from a machine outside of your server:

dig -x 1.2.3.4

where "1.2.3.4" is the IP address you're checking. If properly setup, you should get the hostname in response.

I was Asking more about how to change a single account mail IP and Reverse DNS (PTR) for The EXim

 

[quietFinn]

I was Asking more about how to change a single account mail IP and Reverse DNS (PTR) for The EXim

Here is how I do that:

1st in WHM -> Service Configuration -> Exim Configuration Manager -> Domains and IPs:

Send mail from the account’s IP address = Off​

Use the reverse DNS entry for the mail HELO/EHLO if available = Off​

Reference /etc/mailhelo for custom outgoing SMTP HELO = On​

Reference /etc/mailips for custom IP on outgoing SMTP connections = On​

Lets say that the main IP to send emails from is 12.34.56.1

If 12.34.56.1 is your server's public IP and your server's hostname is host.example.com , then host.example.com must resolve to 12.34.56.1, AND reverse dns of 12.34.56.1 = host.example.com.

Now in /etc/mailhelo it's like this:

*: host.example.com​

and in /etc/mailips it's like this:

*: 12.34.56.1​

Ok, so if you want that emails sent from clientdoman.com are sent from IP 12.34.56.2 you do this:
you create hostname host2.example.com, and host2.example.com resolves to 12.34.56.2, AND reverse dns of 12.34.56.2 = host2.example.com

Then in /etc/mailhelo it's like this:

clientdoman.com: host2.example.com​

*: host.example.com​

and in /etc/mailips

clientdoman.com: 12.34.56.2​

*: 12.34.56.1​

After that emails sent from clientdoman.com are sent from IP 12.34.56.2, the HELO is host2.example.com, all other emails are sent from IP 12.34.56.1 with HELO host.example.com.

And when you change /etc/mailhelo and/or /etc/mailips you must restart Exim.

EDIT: corrected some typos