By info427180
Hello,
I’ve been trying to set my mail up for the past 3 days…seems to be mostly working, but mail is being sent to spam folder a lot of times.
One issue I’m trying to fix is reverse DNS. If i run a check:
host ns1.mydomain.com
it returns “Host ns1.mydomain.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)”
hostname returns “ns1” hostname f- returns “ns1.mydomain.com”
I’ve created an A record: ns1.mydomain.com my.ip.address
My Cname is: www @
I have two MX records: 10 xxxxxxxxxxxx.hotmail.com (using outlook.com for mail) 10 ns1.mydomain.com.
TXT record: mydomain.com “v=hotmail,etc”
Also an SRV and DO’s NS x 3
My mail.log and mail.err do not have any recent errors.
I"m new to this and just can’t figure out what’s causing the issues. I can post my config files or anything else if they’re helpful.
Thanks!
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Are you actually hosting your own nameserver? This article should give you some hints on getting your DNS set up using DigitalOcean’s nameservers. <br> <br>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-a-host-name-with-digitalocean <br> <br>If you use your domain name as your droplet’s host name, DigitalOcean’s reverse DNS system set it up automatically…
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