From eb5b6743f3be0d9472a33b58bc73c05bb6613c98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Smith Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:00:20 -0500 Subject: rDNS readme fix. Should be mail subdomain. --- README.md | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5bd6b40..3e224e0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -48,16 +48,15 @@ give your full domain without any subdomain, i.e. `lukesmith.xyz`. **CNAME record** for your `mail.` subdomain. 4. **A Reverse DNS entry for your site.** Go to your VPS settings and add an entry for your IPv4 Reverse DNS that goes from your IP address to - `` (not mail subdomain). If you would like IPv6, you can do - the same for that. This has been tested on Vultr, and all decent VPS hosts - will have a section on their instance settings page to add a reverse DNS PTR - entry. - You can use the 'Test Email Server' or ':smtp' tool on - [mxtoolbox](https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx) to test if you set up - a reverse DNS correctly. This step is not required for everyone, but some - big email services like Gmail will stop emails coming from mail servers - with no/invalid rDNS lookups. This means your email will fail to even - make it to the recipients spam folder; it will never make it to them. + ``. If you would like IPv6, you can do the same for + that. This has been tested on Vultr, and all decent VPS hosts will have a + section on their instance settings page to add a reverse DNS PTR entry. You + can use the 'Test Email Server' or ':smtp' tool on + [mxtoolbox](https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx) to test if you set up a + reverse DNS correctly. This step is not required for everyone, but some big + email services like Gmail will stop emails coming from mail servers with + no/invalid rDNS lookups. This means your email will fail to even make it to + the recipients spam folder; it will never make it to them. 5. `apt purge` all your previous (failed) attempts to install and configure a mail server. Get rid of _all_ your system settings for Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM and everything else. This script builds off of a fresh install. -- cgit v1.2.3